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Bill	Estates and trusts: at-death transfers.	Existing law provides that either spouse may enter into any real property transaction with the other or any other person, and in transactions between themselves are subject to the general rules governing fiduciary relationships, which are the same rights and duties governing nonmarital business partners. Existing law provides that this confidential relationship imposes a duty of the highest good faith and fair dealing on each spouse and prohibits each spouse from taking unfair advantage of the other. Existing law exempts certain circumstances from these provisions, including, among others, situations involving waivers of spousal rights.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 327	California AB 327 (20192020)	bill	Estates and trusts: at-death transfers.	enacted	Maienschein	4	16	4	2019-01-31	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c29d1e2f-a675-429f-adfe-2ff17ff3c38d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB327	522d7b469eed0fc939ede794763a6140e309d2dde5ceacf31a94730004d1eb33	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 327 (20192020) — Estates and trusts: at-death transfers.

Existing law provides that either spouse may enter into any real property transaction with the other or any other person, and in transactions between themselves are subject to the general rules governing fiduciary relationships, which are the same rights and duties governing nonmarital business partners. Existing law provides that this confidential relationship imposes a duty of the highest good faith and fair dealing on each spouse and prohibits each spouse from taking unfair advantage of the other. Existing law exempts certain circumstances from these provisions, including, among others, situations involving waivers of spousal rights.

Version chain

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

1. 01/31/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/01/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB327 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent AB327 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 10–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 327 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — 71–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
• 2019-02-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (March 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-03-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-03-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 776.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-03-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-04-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-06-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-06-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2019-06-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1678.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-06-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2019-06-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2019-07-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 43, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c29d1e2f-a675-429f-adfe-2ff17ff3c38d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).