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type: "Bill"
title: "Trusts: revocation."
description: "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. Except as specified, existing law authorizes the revocation of a trust when the person holding the power to revoke the trust is competent. Existing law provides that, during this time, the duties of the trustee are owed to the person holding the power to revoke the trust."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1079"
citation: "California AB 1079 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trusts: revocation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/955c08aa-d9e0-4fcb-a171-b872354cf4f4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1079"
source_hash: "7ffeea13a1688cee54897cb9410b204c07ed49d9bd0cc0b65ad4c1dac4c74e62"
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 1079 (20212022) — Trusts: revocation.
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. Except as specified, existing law authorizes the revocation of a trust when the person holding the power to revoke the trust is competent. Existing law provides that, during this time, the duties of the trustee are owed to the person holding the power to revoke the trust.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1079&version=20210AB107999INT)
2. **04/07/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1079&version=20210AB107998AMD)
3. **06/14/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1079&version=20210AB107997AMD)
4. **10/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1079&version=20210AB107995CHP)
5. **AB1079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1079)
6. **08/23/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1079&version=20210AB107996ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · upper
- AB 1079 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- AB 1079 Gallagher Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **710** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **110** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1079 — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gallagher — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1033.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** 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-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1805.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2459.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 749, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/955c08aa-d9e0-4fcb-a171-b872354cf4f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).