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Bill	Guardian ad litem appointment.	(1) Existing law authorizes a court to appoint a guardian ad litem at any stage of a proceeding under the Probate Code to represent the interest of specified persons, including a minor or an incapacitated person, if the court determines that representation of their interest otherwise would be inadequate.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1279	California SB 1279 (20212022)	bill	Guardian ad litem appointment.	enacted	Ochoa Bogh	9	28	5	2022-02-18	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e870e922-4b14-4ba8-bc2c-7a115066b75b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1279	595904e71543e4d0ab8c31260e25b9232663545ffa85bcbfed60944f6b3b9045	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1279 (20212022) — Guardian ad litem appointment.

(1) Existing law authorizes a court to appoint a guardian ad litem at any stage of a proceeding under the Probate Code to represent the interest of specified persons, including a minor or an incapacitated person, if the court determines that representation of their interest otherwise would be inadequate.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/05/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/23/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1279 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/09/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1279 Ochoa Bogh Senate Third Reading By Bloom — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1279 Ochoa Bogh Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB1279 Ochoa Bogh — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-18 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-22 From printer.
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2022-04-13 April 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-04-14 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2022-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3596.) (May 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3926.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 June 14 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-06-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-01 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
• 2022-08-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-15 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5999.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5369.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 843, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e870e922-4b14-4ba8-bc2c-7a115066b75b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).