Existing law requires a creditor to file a claim against a decedent's estate before the later of 4 months after the date letters, as specified by other provisions of law, are first issued to a general personal representative or 60 days after the date notice of administration is mailed or personally delivered to the creditor. Existing law provides a form for a notice of petition to administer a decedent's estate, and for a notice of administration of a decedent's estate, and requires that notices for those purposes substantially comply with the statutory form.
California AB 2683 (20112012) — Probate matters: guardianships: estates.
Existing law requires a creditor to file a claim against a decedent's estate before the later of 4 months after the date letters, as specified by other provisions of law, are first issued to a general personal representative or 60 days after the date notice of administration is mailed or personally delivered to the creditor. Existing law provides a form for a notice of petition to administer a decedent's estate, and for a notice of administration of a decedent's estate, and requires that notices for those purposes substantially comply with the statutory form.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2683 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-03-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-03-13 From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
2012-03-19 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-04-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-05-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2012-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4830.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-06-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-07-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4444.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2012-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:10 p.m.
2012-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29294509-c563-4e80-9e0a-5ec59610ec43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).