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type: "Bill"
title: "Civil law: omnibus bill."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the custodian of a will, within 30 days after having knowledge of the death of the testator, unless a petition for probate of the will is earlier filed, to deliver the will to the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the estate of the decedent may be administered and to mail a copy of the will to the executor or a beneficiary, as specified. Existing law imposes a fee for delivering a will to the clerk of the superior court and requires reimbursement of this fee from the estate if an estate is commenced for the dependent named in the will."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 826"
citation: "California SB 826 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil law: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-03-21"
last_action: "2013-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b82189d9-42e6-4f7e-b6eb-22f07c24886f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB826"
source_hash: "6f4a7c0684c06491fd7342085fd5d1c640f6437821e5c8a6fbeebaac0b6a732c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 826 (20132014) — Civil law: omnibus bill.
(1) Existing law requires the custodian of a will, within 30 days after having knowledge of the death of the testator, unless a petition for probate of the will is earlier filed, to deliver the will to the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the estate of the decedent may be administered and to mail a copy of the will to the executor or a beneficiary, as specified. Existing law imposes a fee for delivering a will to the clerk of the superior court and requires reimbursement of this fee from the estate if an estate is commenced for the dependent named in the will.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **03/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB826&version=20130SB82699INT)
2. **04/29/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB826&version=20130SB82698AMD)
3. **07/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB826&version=20130SB82696CHP)
4. **SB826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB826)
5. **06/25/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB826&version=20130SB82697ENR)
## Votes
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB826 Committee on Jud. — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **90** (pass) · lower
- SB 826 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-03-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-03-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 21.
- **2013-04-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 853.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 947.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2132.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 61, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b82189d9-42e6-4f7e-b6eb-22f07c24886f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).