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Bill	Nonprobate transfers: revocable transfer upon death deeds.	(1) Existing law provides that a person may pass real property to a beneficiary at death by various methods including by will, intestate succession, trust, and titling the property in joint tenancy, among others.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 139	California AB 139 (20152016)	bill	Nonprobate transfers: revocable transfer upon death deeds.	enacted	Gatto	8	26	6	2015-01-09	2015-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/bc8e7f61-7db6-4878-879e-20458f8e1b00	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB139	2fb413955f7cfd131144e187eb4f0099e5f2486c8dd8bf134b42e7ee2d607629	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 139 (20152016) — Nonprobate transfers: revocable transfer upon death deeds.

(1) Existing law provides that a person may pass real property to a beneficiary at death by various methods including by will, intestate succession, trust, and titling the property in joint tenancy, among others.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/05/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/29/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/26/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/21/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB139 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/03/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB139 Gatto By Leno — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 139 GATTO Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 139 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gatto — primary (person)
• Chávez — coauthor (person)
• Mayes — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-09 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-01-12 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-01-12 From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
• 2015-01-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-05 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
• 2015-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-03-25 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-03-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 855.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2309.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)
• 2015-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2729.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc8e7f61-7db6-4878-879e-20458f8e1b00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).