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Bill	Unclaimed property: filing of claims.	Existing law, the Unclaimed Property Law, authorizes the State Controller to administer property that has escheated to the state and sets forth procedures whereby a person may file a claim to the property or to the net proceeds from its sale. Under existing law, the Controller is required to consider each claim within 180 days after it is filed, as specified. Existing law defines an "owner" as the person who had the legal right to the property prior to the escheat, his or her heirs, his or her legal representative, or a public administrator authorized by law.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1275	California AB 1275 (20132014)	bill	Unclaimed property: filing of claims.	enacted	Chau	4	16	4	2013-02-22	2013-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/10cba304-e57a-44ac-89b4-632fea924fdd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1275	e764d86b0218a25362ba1ab4be6e716ea681660902ea743c42e32f2f08400dca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1275 (20132014) — Unclaimed property: filing of claims.

Existing law, the Unclaimed Property Law, authorizes the State Controller to administer property that has escheated to the state and sets forth procedures whereby a person may file a claim to the property or to the net proceeds from its sale. Under existing law, the Controller is required to consider each claim within 180 days after it is filed, as specified. Existing law defines an "owner" as the person who had the legal right to the property prior to the escheat, his or her heirs, his or her legal representative, or a public administrator authorized by law.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/19/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1275 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/08/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1275 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1275 Chau By Evans — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chau — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1338.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-06-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-07-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1688.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2013-08-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
• 2013-08-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-08-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10cba304-e57a-44ac-89b4-632fea924fdd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).