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Bill	Public administrators: compensation.	Existing law regulates the administration of estates of decedents and permits the public administrator, an officer of a county, to be appointed to administer these estates under certain circumstances. Existing law grants public administrators a variety of powers in this regard, including the right to take control of a decedent's property and summarily dispose of property, as specified. Existing law establishes the compensation payable to the public administrator and the attorney, if any, for the public administrator for the filing of an application to summarily dispose of a decedent's estate that does not exceed a specified total value and for the performance of any duty or service connected with that filing. Existing law entitles the public administrator to a minimum compensation of $1,000.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 928	California SB 928 (20212022)	bill	Public administrators: compensation.	enacted	Wieckowski	4	19	4	2022-02-07	2022-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/785d5b58-baae-4e2b-b065-8c8b44aed94c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB928	f1906c224167be5d568c8a03d3969c9277168107536d416e3e3c4de6e86d06ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 928 (20212022) — Public administrators: compensation.

Existing law regulates the administration of estates of decedents and permits the public administrator, an officer of a county, to be appointed to administer these estates under certain circumstances. Existing law grants public administrators a variety of powers in this regard, including the right to take control of a decedent's property and summarily dispose of property, as specified. Existing law establishes the compensation payable to the public administrator and the attorney, if any, for the public administrator for the filing of an application to summarily dispose of a decedent's estate that does not exceed a specified total value and for the performance of any duty or service connected with that filing. Existing law entitles the public administrator to a minimum compensation of $1,000.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/15/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB928 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 928 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wieckowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-07 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2022-02-07 (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
• 2022-02-07 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
• 2022-02-08 From printer.
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-03-15 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3254.) (March 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3583.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 5709.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-01 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2022-08-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-08-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-08-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 151, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/785d5b58-baae-4e2b-b065-8c8b44aed94c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).