California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1739 — Nonprobate transfers: revocable transfer on death deeds.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 65, Statutes of 2018.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 03, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law governs the execution, revocation, and effectiveness of a revocable transfer on death deed, defined as an instrument that makes a donative transfer of property to a named beneficiary that operates on the transferor's death, and remains revocable until the transferor's death. Existing law establishes a statutory form of revocable transfer on death deed that must be notarized and signed under penalty of perjury by the transferor and recorded with the county recorder, as specified. Existing law requires that subsequent pages of that form include common questions regarding the use of the form. Existing law requires that, in order to be effective, a revocable transfer on death deed must be recorded on or before 60 days after the date it was executed. This bill would provide that the requirement of recordation described above does not require the recordation of the pages of the statutory form that include the common questions about the use of the form, and a failure to record those pages does not affect the effectiveness of a revocable transfer on death deed. The bill would apply these provisions to revocable transfer on death deeds executed before, on, or after the effective date of these provisions, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 65, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4878.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  7. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12).

  8. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  9. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  10. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4527.).

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 20).

  13. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

  15. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  16. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  17. From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.

  18. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chau · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Chau

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Consent Calendar (Urgency Clause)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31003
Democratic 5000
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Chang — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Bates — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 1739 CHAU Third Reading Urgency

Passed 70 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49007
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 70007
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (77)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Harper — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mullin — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Gonzalez Fletcher — Not Voting
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Wood — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1739 do?
Existing law governs the execution, revocation, and effectiveness of a revocable transfer on death deed, defined as an instrument that makes a donative transfer of property to a named beneficiary that operates on the transferor's death, and remains revocable until the transferor's death. Existing law establishes a statutory form of revocable transfer on death deed that must be notarized and signed under penalty of perjury by the transferor and recorded with the county recorder, as specified. Existing law requires that subsequent pages of that form include common questions regarding the use of the form. Existing law requires that, in order to be effective, a revocable transfer on death deed must be recorded on or before 60 days after the date it was executed. This bill would provide that the requirement of recordation described above does not require the recordation of the pages of the statutory form that include the common questions about the use of the form, and a failure to record those pages does not affect the effectiveness of a revocable transfer on death deed. The bill would apply these provisions to revocable transfer on death deeds executed before, on, or after the effective date of these provisions, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 1739?
AB 1739 is sponsored by Chau.
What is the current status of AB 1739?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 03, 2018. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1739?
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