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. Existing law requires a trust beneficiary to be provided notice of specified actions regarding the trust. Existing law sets forth requirements under which notice given to a specified person or class of persons is sufficient to comply with a requirement that notice be given to a trust beneficiary or a person interested in the trust.
California AB 565 (20252026) — Representation of trust beneficiaries.
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. Existing law requires a trust beneficiary to be provided notice of specified actions regarding the trust. Existing law sets forth requirements under which notice given to a specified person or class of persons is sufficient to comply with a requirement that notice be given to a trust beneficiary or a person interested in the trust.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 565 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Dixon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2025-02-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-03-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1004.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-04-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1706.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2025-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 39, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/345b9426-ad68-4da6-9d1a-44db44af7fc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).