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type: "Bill"
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title: "Estates and trusts: creditor's claim."
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description: "Existing law permits property to be titled in a trust, and provides that, upon the death of a settlor of a trust, the property of the deceased settlor that was subject to the power of revocation at the time of the settlor's death is subject to the claims of creditors of the deceased settlor's estate. Existing law defines specified terms for the purposes of these provisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 785"
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citation: "California SB 785 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Estates and trusts: creditor's claim."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2015-02-27"
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last_action: "2015-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f42803ba-80fc-4f17-86d9-7a84dec4391e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB785"
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source_hash: "f69f8377ce8147fb29ca2fa63e5f4d37a78aa4a7f36fdbf61fd26b28636bb915"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 785 (20152016) — Estates and trusts: creditor's claim.
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Existing law permits property to be titled in a trust, and provides that, upon the death of a settlor of a trust, the property of the deceased settlor that was subject to the power of revocation at the time of the settlor's death is subject to the claims of creditors of the deceased settlor's estate. Existing law defines specified terms for the purposes of these provisions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB785&version=20150SB78599INT)
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2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB785&version=20150SB78598AMD)
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3. **07/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB785&version=20150SB78596CHP)
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4. **SB785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB785)
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5. **06/23/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB785&version=20150SB78597ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 785 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Morrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
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- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 921.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1027.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2091.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2015-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2015-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 48, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f42803ba-80fc-4f17-86d9-7a84dec4391e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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