republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-940.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Conservatorship Jurisdiction Act."
description: "The Guardianship-Conservatorship Law generally establishes the standards and procedures for the appointment and termination of an appointment for a guardian or conservator of a person, an estate, or both. The law specifically requires, before the appointment of either a guardian or conservator is effective, the prospective guardian or conservator to take an oath to perform these duties according to the law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 940"
citation: "California SB 940 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Conservatorship Jurisdiction Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cd6202c-ce3e-4aa6-a4b4-113e77193cdb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB940"
source_hash: "5ee5603ede5211fabd659476c9cdd325ab3cb491a99a44a42360c505284c8031"
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 940 (20132014) — California Conservatorship Jurisdiction Act.

The Guardianship-Conservatorship Law generally establishes the standards and procedures for the appointment and termination of an appointment for a guardian or conservator of a person, an estate, or both. The law specifically requires, before the appointment of either a guardian or conservator is effective, the prospective guardian or conservator to take an oath to perform these duties according to the law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB940&version=20130SB94099INT)
2. **03/10/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB940&version=20130SB94098AMD)
3. **04/29/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB940&version=20130SB94097AMD)
4. **06/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB940&version=20130SB94096AMD)
5. **06/11/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB940&version=20130SB94095AMD)
6. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB940&version=20130SB94093CHP)
7. **SB940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB940)
8. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB940&version=20130SB94094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB940 Jackson Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 940 Jackson Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #13 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2014-04-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3018.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3277.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3418.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-04** From consent calendar.
- **2014-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5970.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4473.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 553, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cd6202c-ce3e-4aa6-a4b4-113e77193cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).