republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2236.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservatorships."
description: "Existing law provides that a conservatorship continues until terminated by the death of the conservatee or by order of the court. Notwithstanding that provision, existing law provides that a conservator continues to have the duty of custody and conservation of the estate after the death of the conservatee pending the delivery of the estate to the conservatee's estate or other disposition according to law. Among other provisions, existing law further provides that upon the death of a conservatee, the conservator is authorized to contract for and pay for the reasonable expenses of the deceased conservator and the unpaid expenses of the conservatorship from any personal property under the control of the conservator. Existing law provides that the court continues to have jurisdiction over these proceedings, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2236"
citation: "California AB 2236 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservatorships."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a2ae680-270f-49ca-90e2-ff7f4d4cff9b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2236"
source_hash: "63b4955b9057d7708745f0a791b6c1625d694c9600f4774f368ac7e2e842915c"
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 2236 (20172018) — Conservatorships.

Existing law provides that a conservatorship continues until terminated by the death of the conservatee or by order of the court. Notwithstanding that provision, existing law provides that a conservator continues to have the duty of custody and conservation of the estate after the death of the conservatee pending the delivery of the estate to the conservatee's estate or other disposition according to law. Among other provisions, existing law further provides that upon the death of a conservatee, the conservator is authorized to contract for and pay for the reasonable expenses of the deceased conservator and the unpaid expenses of the conservatorship from any personal property under the control of the conservator. Existing law provides that the court continues to have jurisdiction over these proceedings, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2236&version=20170AB223699INT)
2. **04/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2236&version=20170AB223698AMD)
3. **07/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2236&version=20170AB223696CHP)
4. **AB2236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2236)
5. **07/03/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2236&version=20170AB223697ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB2236 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2236 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2236 MAIENSCHEIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4435.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4879.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-07-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6058.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:15 a.m.
- **2018-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 126, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a2ae680-270f-49ca-90e2-ff7f4d4cff9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).