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Bill	Professional fiduciaries.	Existing law, the Professional Fiduciaries Act, until January 1, 2024, establishes the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau, under the supervision and control of the Director of Consumer Affairs, within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the bureau to license and regulate professional fiduciaries, as defined. The act transfers the responsibilities and jurisdiction of the bureau to the Professional Fiduciaries Advisory Committee upon the repeal of the provisions establishing the bureau, and provides that the committee consists of 7 appointed members serving 4-year terms. The act authorizes a person to identify themself as a licensed professional fiduciary if they have been licensed by the bureau.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1262	California AB 1262 (20232024)	bill	Professional fiduciaries	enacted	Berman	7	30	8	2023-02-16	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/0b311432-5d18-44ee-b1da-112b2a0a493e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1262	6198b2e1ef40fece9d2942cd8b7e5b610012bfab21a71433d4b04b668ce043e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1262 (20232024) — Professional fiduciaries.

Existing law, the Professional Fiduciaries Act, until January 1, 2024, establishes the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau, under the supervision and control of the Director of Consumer Affairs, within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the bureau to license and regulate professional fiduciaries, as defined. The act transfers the responsibilities and jurisdiction of the bureau to the Professional Fiduciaries Advisory Committee upon the repeal of the provisions establishing the bureau, and provides that the committee consists of 7 appointed members serving 4-year terms. The act authorizes a person to identify themself as a licensed professional fiduciary if they have been licensed by the bureau.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/05/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1262 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB1262 Berman et al. By Roth — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1262 Business and Professions Assembly Third Reading By BERMAN — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1262 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Roth — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1773.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-05 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
• 2023-07-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-07-06 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2023-07-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-07-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2767.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3553.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 680, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b311432-5d18-44ee-b1da-112b2a0a493e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).