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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 152

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Relating to: the transfer by affidavit option for small estates.

Estate of deceased person Evidence Probate code and court procedure

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill makes the transfer by affidavit procedure for a small estate, which is

an estate that does not exceed $50,000 in value, available to a person who is named

in a decedent's will as the personal representative. Under current law, the transfer

by affidavit procedure may only be used by an heir of the decedent, a trustee of a

revocable trust created by the decedent, or a person who was a guardian of the

decedent at the time of the decedent's death. The transfer by affidavit procedure is

a method to transfer a decedent's assets without court supervision.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Doyle (D) , Horlacher (R) , Katsma (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

4 cosponsors

Feyen (R) , Olsen (R) , Tusler (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jun 20, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jun 20, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jun 20, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Doyle, Katsma, Horlacher and Bernier; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Wanggaard and Olsen

  2. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Apr 25, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Doyle

  4. Apr 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 5, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Wachs, Summerfield and Hebl

  6. May 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Tusler added as a coauthor

  7. Jun 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  10. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  11. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  12. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1