republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-381.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and trusts: undue influence and elder abuse."
description: "(1) Existing law provides that a person found liable for taking, concealing, or disposing of property belonging to the estate of a decedent, conservatee, minor, or trust through the use of undue influence in bad faith, or through the commission of elder or dependent adult financial abuse, is liable for twice the value of the property. Existing law provides that this remedy is additional to any other remedy available at law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 381"
citation: "California AB 381 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and trusts: undue influence and elder abuse."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9adecb7-e4c5-4320-bda4-67e8cb65178c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB381"
source_hash: "7caaebb7b055f2ce6bda411dc4e5a945ac2d0e59d75c5482f8550fa4e978a4a2"
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 381 (20132014) — Estates and trusts: undue influence and elder abuse.

(1) Existing law provides that a person found liable for taking, concealing, or disposing of property belonging to the estate of a decedent, conservatee, minor, or trust through the use of undue influence in bad faith, or through the commission of elder or dependent adult financial abuse, is liable for twice the value of the property. Existing law provides that this remedy is additional to any other remedy available at law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB381&version=20130AB38199INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB381&version=20130AB38198AMD)
3. **04/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB381&version=20130AB38197AMD)
4. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB381&version=20130AB38196AMD)
5. **08/13/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB381&version=20130AB38194CHP)
6. **AB381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB381)
7. **07/10/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB381&version=20130AB38195ENR)

## Votes

- AB 381 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 381 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB381 Chau By Corbett — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 877.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 915.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** 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-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1602.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2285.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 99, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9adecb7-e4c5-4320-bda4-67e8cb65178c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).