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Bill Nonprobate transfers: revocable transfer on death deed. Existing law, until January 1, 2021, creates the revocable transfer on death deed (revocable TOD deed) , as defined, which allows an owner of real property to transfer that property, upon death, to a beneficiary without a probate proceeding, according to specified rules. Existing law sets forth the statutory forms that must be used by a transferor in the execution of a revocable TOD deed. Existing law requires the California Law Revision Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the revocable TOD deed to the Legislature by January 1, 2020. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 AB 1779 California AB 1779 (20152016)
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California AB 1779 (20152016) — Nonprobate transfers: revocable transfer on death deed.

Existing law, until January 1, 2021, creates the revocable transfer on death deed (revocable TOD deed) , as defined, which allows an owner of real property to transfer that property, upon death, to a beneficiary without a probate proceeding, according to specified rules. Existing law sets forth the statutory forms that must be used by a transferor in the execution of a revocable TOD deed. Existing law requires the California Law Revision Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the revocable TOD deed to the Legislature by January 1, 2020.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/03/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 05/04/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 08/25/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB1779 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/12/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • AB 1779 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — 800 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 200 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Gatto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-02-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2016-02-04 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
  • 2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2016-03-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2016-05-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2016-05-04 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2016-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2016-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
  • 2016-05-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2016-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2016-05-27 From Consent Calendar.
  • 2016-05-27 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5015.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
  • 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4872.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2016-08-11 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2016-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2016-08-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2016-08-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 179, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f9fe04ac-3d49-4dce-a206-a828c1289a98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).