republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3144.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional Fiduciaries Bureau."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2019, establishes the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the bureau to license and regulate professional fiduciaries. Existing law prescribes specified qualifications, including education and work experience, for licensure as a professional fiduciary. Existing law requires the licensee to initially, and annually thereafter, file with the bureau a statement under penalty of perjury as to whether, among other things, he or she has been removed for cause as a conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative. Existing law requires the bureau to maintain specified information in the licensee's file, including whether the licensee has ever been removed for cause or resigned as a conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative and requires the bureau to make this information available to a court for any purpose. Existing law requires the bureau to investigate the actions of a professional fiduciary upon receipt of a complaint from any person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3144"
citation: "California AB 3144 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professional Fiduciaries Bureau."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb83eaec-09df-4161-a01f-db8ad72b62ce"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3144"
source_hash: "34c7a321f1b6de634f4432683a9876809d114c2092219b5457830c420ad6c539"
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 3144 (20172018) — Professional Fiduciaries Bureau.

Existing law, until January 1, 2019, establishes the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the bureau to license and regulate professional fiduciaries. Existing law prescribes specified qualifications, including education and work experience, for licensure as a professional fiduciary. Existing law requires the licensee to initially, and annually thereafter, file with the bureau a statement under penalty of perjury as to whether, among other things, he or she has been removed for cause as a conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative. Existing law requires the bureau to maintain specified information in the licensee's file, including whether the licensee has ever been removed for cause or resigned as a conservator, guardian, trustee, or personal representative and requires the bureau to make this information available to a court for any purpose. Existing law requires the bureau to investigate the actions of a professional fiduciary upon receipt of a complaint from any person.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3144&version=20170AB314499INT)
2. **06/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3144&version=20170AB314498AMD)
3. **08/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3144&version=20170AB314497AMD)
4. **09/22/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3144&version=20170AB314495CHP)
5. **AB3144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3144)
6. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3144&version=20170AB314496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3144 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3144 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB3144 Low By Hill — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5508.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5806.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6729.)
- **2018-08-29** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6985.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb83eaec-09df-4161-a01f-db8ad72b62ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).