republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1082.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Powers of attorney: statutory form power of attorney."
description: "Existing law, the Power of Attorney Law, sets forth the authority of an attorney-in-fact, defined as a person who is granted authority to act for the principal in a power of attorney. Under existing law, the attorney-in-fact may be granted general authority to act on behalf of the principal and authority to act by incorporating powers by reference to other laws. Existing law requires express authority in the power of attorney in order for an attorney-in-fact to take specified actions, including creating, modifying, or revoking a trust and exercising the right to make a disclaimer on behalf of the principal. Other provisions of existing law, the Uniform Statutory Form Power of Attorney Act, set forth a form in which the principal designates the category of powers granted to the agent pursuant to the power of attorney, referred to as a statutory form power of attorney, and defines the extent of the powers so conferred on the agent. Under existing law, the provisions setting forth the authority of an attorney-in-fact are inapplicable to a statutory form power of attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1082"
citation: "California AB 1082 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Powers of attorney: statutory form power of attorney."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70dd0dda-12e0-4782-a5df-4acad83cac1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1082"
source_hash: "077bc34f71b03531ebdb469c543d1327b617b63aab5b905a128248f9888ff452"
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 AB 1082 (20112012) — Powers of attorney: statutory form power of attorney.

Existing law, the Power of Attorney Law, sets forth the authority of an attorney-in-fact, defined as a person who is granted authority to act for the principal in a power of attorney. Under existing law, the attorney-in-fact may be granted general authority to act on behalf of the principal and authority to act by incorporating powers by reference to other laws. Existing law requires express authority in the power of attorney in order for an attorney-in-fact to take specified actions, including creating, modifying, or revoking a trust and exercising the right to make a disclaimer on behalf of the principal. Other provisions of existing law, the Uniform Statutory Form Power of Attorney Act, set forth a form in which the principal designates the category of powers granted to the agent pursuant to the power of attorney, referred to as a statutory form power of attorney, and defines the extent of the powers so conferred on the agent. Under existing law, the provisions setting forth the authority of an attorney-in-fact are inapplicable to a statutory form power of attorney.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1082&version=20110AB108299INT)
2. **05/17/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1082&version=20110AB108298AMD)
3. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1082&version=20110AB108296CHP)
4. **AB1082** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1082)
5. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1082&version=20110AB108297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1082 GATTO Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1519.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1687.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2011-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 113, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70dd0dda-12e0-4782-a5df-4acad83cac1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).