republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-280.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Review of conservatorships: care plans."
description: "Existing law generally provides for the establishment, review, and termination of conservatorships. Existing law specifies the persons who may be appointed as a conservator and requires the court to review a conservatorship 6 months after the initial appointment of the conservator, one year after the appointment of the conservator, and annually thereafter. Existing law sets forth the powers and duties of a conservator for the care, custody, and control of a conservatee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "California SB 280 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Review of conservatorships", "care plans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1ce5a55-035b-418f-a37f-e91f62421fd0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB280"
source_hash: "bf51556184caed048cb16d52a29ab9f53c47cd49dd7c5e5e31835deaa2e66d60"
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 280 (20232024) — Review of conservatorships: care plans.

Existing law generally provides for the establishment, review, and termination of conservatorships. Existing law specifies the persons who may be appointed as a conservator and requires the court to review a conservatorship 6 months after the initial appointment of the conservator, one year after the appointment of the conservator, and annually thereafter. Existing law sets forth the powers and duties of a conservator for the care, custody, and control of a conservatee.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB280&version=20230SB28099INT)
2. **06/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB280&version=20230SB28098AMD)
3. **08/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB280&version=20230SB28097AMD)
4. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB280&version=20230SB28095CHP)
5. **SB280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB280)
6. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB280&version=20230SB28096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 280 Laird Senate Third Reading By Maienschein Amendment Set #1 — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB280 Laird Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 280 Laird Senate Third Reading By Maienschein — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 576.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 849.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** June 6 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-07-03** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2023-07-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-14** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2680.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2830.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2420.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 705, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1ce5a55-035b-418f-a37f-e91f62421fd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).