Existing law, the Unclaimed Property Law, governs the disposition of unclaimed property, including the escheat of certain property to the state. Existing law requires the Controller, within one year of receiving unclaimed property, to cause a notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation that the Controller determines is most likely to give notice to the owner of the property. Existing law requires that notice to have a specified title and to state that the owner of the property may obtain information regarding the property by inquiring with the Controller, as specified.
California AB 772 (20172018) — Unclaimed property: publication of notice.
Existing law, the Unclaimed Property Law, governs the disposition of unclaimed property, including the escheat of certain property to the state. Existing law requires the Controller, within one year of receiving unclaimed property, to cause a notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation that the Controller determines is most likely to give notice to the owner of the property. Existing law requires that notice to have a specified title and to state that the owner of the property may obtain information regarding the property by inquiring with the Controller, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 772 DALY Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd AB772 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 772 DALY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Daly — primary (person)
Anderson — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Wilk — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-17 From Consent Calendar by request of Assembly Member Waldron. To Third Reading. reading-1
2017-04-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1138.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-06-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-10 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2023.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-08-21 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2675.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 200, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cfeb400c-ec5e-4d0d-b05a-593a03e7e3db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).