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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 565

Representation of trust beneficiaries.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

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. Existing law requires a trust beneficiary to be provided notice of specified actions regarding the trust. Existing law sets forth requirements under which notice given to a specified person or class of persons is sufficient to comply with a requirement that notice be given to a trust beneficiary or a person interested in the trust. This bill would delete that indirect notice provision and would instead provide that notice given to a person authorized to represent and bind another person is sufficient to comply with notice requirements for actions regarding a trust. If a person consents for a person to represent and bind them, the bill would require that consent to be in writing and would make consent binding on the represented person unless they object to the representation before consent would have become effective. The bill would prohibit certain persons from representing and binding another person for these purposes, and would authorize specified representative relationships and representation of successive interests.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Jun 23, 2025
Senate		Consent Calendar 2ndpassSet your home in California to see
Jun 17, 2025
Senate		Do pass and be ordered to the Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
Apr 3, 2025
House		AB 565 Dixon Consent Calendar Second DaypassSet your home in California to see
Mar 25, 2025
House		Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.passSet your home in California to see

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