Personal representatives: conservators and attorneys-in-fact.
(1) Existing law requires a conservator of a person to be responsible for the care, custody, control, and education of a conservatee, except where the court, in its discretion, limits the powers and duties of the conservator. Existing law also provides that the conservator's control of the conservatee shall not extend to personal rights retained by the conservatee, including, but not limited to, the right to receive visitors, telephone calls, and personal mail, unless specifically limited by a court order.
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AB 1085
California AB 1085 (20152016)
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Personal representatives: conservators and attorneys-in-fact.
California AB 1085 (20152016) — Personal representatives: conservators and attorneys-in-fact.
(1) Existing law requires a conservator of a person to be responsible for the care, custody, control, and education of a conservatee, except where the court, in its discretion, limits the powers and duties of the conservator. Existing law also provides that the conservator's control of the conservatee shall not extend to personal rights retained by the conservatee, including, but not limited to, the right to receive visitors, telephone calls, and personal mail, unless specifically limited by a court order.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1085 GATTO Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Gatto — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-04-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-04-22 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2015-05-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-05-12 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1490.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-06-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1618.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2015-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 92, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ceac614f-a383-42dd-b271-e0e1aacfc0ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).