republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-303.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardians and conservators: compensation: residence of conservatee."
description: "(1) The Guardianship-Conservatorship Law (law) generally establishes the powers and duties of a guardian or conservator of a person, an estate, or both. The law authorizes the guardian or conservator to establish the residence of the ward or conservatee at any place within this state without the permission of the court, and requires the guardian or conservator to select the least restrictive appropriate residence that is available. The law presumes that the personal residence of the conservatee is the least restrictive appropriate residence for the conservatee, and provides that, in any hearing to determine if removal of the conservatee from their personal residence is appropriate, the presumption may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "California SB 303 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guardians and conservators: compensation: residence of conservatee."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df98b70a-c9de-4b16-a8d0-aa39b76cb6ee"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB303"
source_hash: "23c774146ff8e0ac7cd0e1537292a3c363f5715214e1493d0ed48cfe07bf866e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 303 (20192020) — Guardians and conservators: compensation: residence of conservatee.

(1) The Guardianship-Conservatorship Law (law) generally establishes the powers and duties of a guardian or conservator of a person, an estate, or both. The law authorizes the guardian or conservator to establish the residence of the ward or conservatee at any place within this state without the permission of the court, and requires the guardian or conservator to select the least restrictive appropriate residence that is available. The law presumes that the personal residence of the conservatee is the least restrictive appropriate residence for the conservatee, and provides that, in any hearing to determine if removal of the conservatee from their personal residence is appropriate, the presumption may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB303&version=20190SB30399INT)
2. **04/22/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB303&version=20190SB30398AMD)
3. **05/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB303&version=20190SB30397AMD)
4. **06/10/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB303&version=20190SB30396AMD)
5. **07/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB303&version=20190SB30395AMD)
6. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB303&version=20190SB30393CHP)
7. **SB303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB303)
8. **09/04/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB303&version=20190SB30394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 303 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Obernolte — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB303 Wieckowski Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2019-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 905.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1027.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-11** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-08-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2667.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2457.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 847, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df98b70a-c9de-4b16-a8d0-aa39b76cb6ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).