Existing law establishes procedures for the creation, modification, and termination of a trust, and regulates the administration of trusts by trustees on behalf of beneficiaries. Except as specified, existing law authorizes the revocation of a trust when the person holding the power to revoke the trust is competent. Existing law provides that, during this time, the duties of the trustee are owed to the person holding the power to revoke the trust.
California AB 1079 (20212022) — Trusts: revocation.
Existing law establishes procedures for the creation, modification, and termination of a trust, and regulates the administration of trusts by trustees on behalf of beneficiaries. Except as specified, existing law authorizes the revocation of a trust when the person holding the power to revoke the trust is competent. Existing law provides that, during this time, the duties of the trustee are owed to the person holding the power to revoke the trust.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1079 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1079 Gallagher Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB1079 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Gallagher — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2021-03-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2021-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-04-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1033.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-14 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1805.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2021-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2459.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2021-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 749, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/955c08aa-d9e0-4fcb-a171-b872354cf4f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).