republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-633.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Partition of real property: Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act."
description: "Existing law authorizes an owner of an estate in real property to commence and maintain an action for partition of the property against all persons having or claiming interests in the estate as to which partition is sought. If the court finds that the plaintiff is entitled to partition, it is required to make an interlocutory judgment that determines the interests of all owners of the property and orders that the property be divided among those parties in accordance with their interests or sold with the proceeds divided among them, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 633"
citation: "California AB 633 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Partition of real property: Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/019539a5-85c0-4e0d-8171-f89d09666da6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB633"
source_hash: "80bd00d05934361611c1ffefa3c10e91bc3cb8b25b0626949fe3461f0e5032d9"
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 633 (20212022) — Partition of real property: Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act.

Existing law authorizes an owner of an estate in real property to commence and maintain an action for partition of the property against all persons having or claiming interests in the estate as to which partition is sought. If the court finds that the plaintiff is entitled to partition, it is required to make an interlocutory judgment that determines the interests of all owners of the property and orders that the property be divided among those parties in accordance with their interests or sold with the proceeds divided among them, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB633&version=20210AB63399INT)
2. **03/15/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB633&version=20210AB63398AMD)
3. **06/24/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB633&version=20210AB63397AMD)
4. **07/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB633&version=20210AB63395CHP)
5. **AB633** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB633)
6. **07/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB633&version=20210AB63396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 633 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 633 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 862.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1804.). `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.
- **2021-07-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2303.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 119, 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/019539a5-85c0-4e0d-8171-f89d09666da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).