Requires the petitioner for appointment of a guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person
Summary
Requires the petitioner for appointment as the guardian for an incapacitated person to identify all other persons who may be able to manage the affairs of such incapacitated person; prohibits appointment solely for the purposes of bill collection or resolving a bill collection dispute.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jul 2020
Assembly Passage
Jul 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2019
Last action Jul 21, 2020
Floor votes · Assembly Jul 21, 2020
How they voted
139–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 142
Jul 21, 2020
D
Democratic104
98% Yea
R
Republican38
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Jul 21, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jul 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jul 14, 2020
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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