Existing law provides that the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by a will passes to the decedent's heirs as prescribed by law. Existing law prohibits, for a child born out of wedlock, a natural parent or a relative of that parent from inheriting from or through the child on the basis of the parent and child relationship unless the parent or a relative of the parent acknowledged the child and the parent or a relative of the parent contributed to the support or the care of the child.
California AB 490 (20132014) — Intestate succession: children.
Existing law provides that the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by a will passes to the decedent's heirs as prescribed by law. Existing law prohibits, for a child born out of wedlock, a natural parent or a relative of that parent from inheriting from or through the child on the basis of the parent and child relationship unless the parent or a relative of the parent acknowledged the child and the parent or a relative of the parent contributed to the support or the care of the child.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
AB 490 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
AB 490 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 32–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Skinner — primary (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Mullin — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2013-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2013-03-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-04-04 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-04-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 881.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-04-25 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-05-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-06-04 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-06-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1274.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-06-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2013-06-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1997.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-06-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2013-06-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-06-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 39, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a399c1cd-9992-4c94-a8c7-0d9acc7faa82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).