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type: "Bill"
title: "Public administrators: compensation."
description: "Existing law regulates the administration of estates of decedents and permits the public administrator, an officer of a county, to be appointed to administer these estates under certain circumstances. Existing law grants public administrators a variety of powers in this regard, including the right to take control of a decedent's property and summarily dispose of property, as specified. Existing law establishes the compensation payable to the public administrator and the attorney, if any, for the public administrator for the filing of an application to summarily dispose of a decedent's estate that does not exceed a specified total value and for the performance of any duty or service connected with that filing. Existing law entitles the public administrator to a minimum compensation of $1,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 928"
citation: "California SB 928 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public administrators: compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/785d5b58-baae-4e2b-b065-8c8b44aed94c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB928"
source_hash: "f1906c224167be5d568c8a03d3969c9277168107536d416e3e3c4de6e86d06ac"
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 SB 928 (20212022) — Public administrators: compensation.
Existing law regulates the administration of estates of decedents and permits the public administrator, an officer of a county, to be appointed to administer these estates under certain circumstances. Existing law grants public administrators a variety of powers in this regard, including the right to take control of a decedent's property and summarily dispose of property, as specified. Existing law establishes the compensation payable to the public administrator and the attorney, if any, for the public administrator for the filing of an application to summarily dispose of a decedent's estate that does not exceed a specified total value and for the performance of any duty or service connected with that filing. Existing law entitles the public administrator to a minimum compensation of $1,000.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/07/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB928&version=20210SB92899INT)
2. **08/15/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB928&version=20210SB92897CHP)
3. **SB928** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB928)
4. **08/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB928&version=20210SB92898ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **90** (pass) · lower
- SB 928 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **640** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **360** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **110** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wieckowski — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2022-02-07** (Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
- **2022-02-07** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
- **2022-02-08** From printer.
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3254.) (March 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3583.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 5709.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-01** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-08-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 151, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/785d5b58-baae-4e2b-b065-8c8b44aed94c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).