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Bill	Estates: administrators.	Under existing law, when an individual dies intestate, a court is authorized to appoint certain specified persons to act as that individual's personal representative and to administer the individual's estate. Further, existing law prescribes an order of preference for appointment among those persons. Existing law authorizes the court to appoint an administrator who is nominated by a person who is not a United States resident if the nominator would otherwise be entitled to appointment as an administrator of the decedent's estate, after meeting specified conditions. Under existing law, the provisions on administrators who are nominated by a person who is not a United States resident are to be repealed on January 1, 2016.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 548	California AB 548 (20152016)	bill	Estates: administrators.	enacted	Cristina Garcia	4	16	4	2015-02-23	2015-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/43313270-4323-485a-9be7-ec3ddaa18a0e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB548	f9c3f4546bb092867f5ffe4473234639df07cd0c456a8533b20278e77dd64d30	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 548 (20152016) — Estates: administrators.

Under existing law, when an individual dies intestate, a court is authorized to appoint certain specified persons to act as that individual's personal representative and to administer the individual's estate. Further, existing law prescribes an order of preference for appointment among those persons. Existing law authorizes the court to appoint an administrator who is nominated by a person who is not a United States resident if the nominator would otherwise be entitled to appointment as an administrator of the decedent's estate, after meeting specified conditions. Under existing law, the provisions on administrators who are nominated by a person who is not a United States resident are to be repealed on January 1, 2016.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/06/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB548 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #3 AB548 Cristina Garcia — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 548 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cristina Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. 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
• 2015-06-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-06-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1550.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2015-07-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-07-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 54, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43313270-4323-485a-9be7-ec3ddaa18a0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).