CA SB 1264
enactedProbate: notice of death for child support obligations.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did CA SB 1264 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1264 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 427, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1264 about?
Existing law sets forth the rules of practice applicable to probate. For estates for which letters testamentary or letters of administration are issued on or after January 1, 2026, existing law requires the general personal representative or the estate attorney of a decedent's estate to provide notice of the decedent's death to the Director of the Department of Child Support Services within 90 days after the date letters are first issued, if the general personal representative or estate attorney knows or has reason to believe the decedent has a child support obligation under an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes a local child support agency to assert a claim on the estate no later than 4 months after receiving this notice. This bill would instead require that notice to be provided for estates for which letters are issued on or after January 1, 2027, if the general personal representative or estate attorney has actual knowledge that the decedent has a child support obligation under an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or that an heir or a beneficiary of the estate has a child support obligation under an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. The bill would specify that it does not impose a duty to investigate whether or not a decedent or an heir or beneficiary of the estate is subject to a child support order. For a notice that the decedent is a child support obligor, the bill would authorize a local child support agency to assert a claim no later than 4 months after delivery of this notice. The bill would make its provisions inapplicable to the manner or timeframe for a local child support agency to pursue collection of a child support obligation.
Who sponsors CA SB 1264?
Valladares is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1264.
Description
Existing law sets forth the rules of practice applicable to probate. For estates for which letters testamentary or letters of administration are issued on or after January 1, 2026, existing law requires the general personal representative or the estate attorney of a decedent's estate to provide notice of the decedent's death to the Director of the Department of Child Support Services within 90 days after the date letters are first issued, if the general personal representative or estate attorney knows or has reason to believe the decedent has a child support obligation under an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes a local child support agency to assert a claim on the estate no later than 4 months after receiving this notice. This bill would instead require that notice to be provided for estates for which letters are issued on or after January 1, 2027, if the general personal representative or estate attorney has actual knowledge that the decedent has a child support obligation under an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or that an heir or a beneficiary of the estate has a child support obligation under an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. The bill would specify that it does not impose a duty to investigate whether or not a decedent or an heir or beneficiary of the estate is subject to a child support order. For a notice that the decedent is a child support obligor, the bill would authorize a local child support agency to assert a claim no later than 4 months after delivery of this notice. The bill would make its provisions inapplicable to the manner or timeframe for a local child support agency to pursue collection of a child support obligation.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-19
- Latest action
- 2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 427, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Valladaresauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-20
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 427, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-20
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-08-28
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-24
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2026-08-24
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2026-08-24
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5685.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-19
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6260.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-06
Read third time and amended.
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2026-08-06
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-29
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-29
From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
2026-06-25
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24).
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2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-11
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-04-30
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-04-30
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4114.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-04-28
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2026-04-27
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
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2026-04-17
Set for hearing April 27.
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3869.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-09
Set for hearing April 14.
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-03-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-14 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Stern: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Valladares: other
Consent Calendar 2nd
2026-04-30 · pass · 36-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Choi: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grove: yes
- Jones: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Niello: yes
- Stern: yes
- Becker: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Laird: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Caballero: other
- Arreguín: other
- Valladares: other
- Wahab: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-09 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Stefani: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Papan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Harabedian: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-06-24 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Wicks: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ta: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Krell: yes
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