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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Autopsy: electronic image systems."
+description: "Existing law makes it the duty of a coroner to inquire into and determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of deaths under prescribed conditions, including deaths under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground to suspect that the death was caused by the criminal act of another. Existing law provides for the execution of a certificate of religious belief stating that postmortem anatomical dissection or specified procedures would violate the religious convictions of the person, and, except as specified, prohibits a coroner from performing the procedure. Existing law requires a postmortem examination or autopsy to include certain procedures, including, among others, taking available fingerprints and palm prints and a dental examination including dental charts and dental X-rays, as specified. Existing law authorizes the postmortem examination or autopsy of the unidentified body or remains to include full body X-rays."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 2457"
+citation: "California AB 2457 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Autopsy: electronic image systems."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-02-19"
+last_action: "2016-08-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4eb6b24-de20-4810-a303-adb68b465ec1"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2457"
+source_hash: "20875ab893029238ac8933704b2130397c9a9de180aee9a941406afe7767ad4e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 2457 (20152016) — Autopsy: electronic image systems.
+
+Existing law makes it the duty of a coroner to inquire into and determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of deaths under prescribed conditions, including deaths under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground to suspect that the death was caused by the criminal act of another. Existing law provides for the execution of a certificate of religious belief stating that postmortem anatomical dissection or specified procedures would violate the religious convictions of the person, and, except as specified, prohibits a coroner from performing the procedure. Existing law requires a postmortem examination or autopsy to include certain procedures, including, among others, taking available fingerprints and palm prints and a dental examination including dental charts and dental X-rays, as specified. Existing law authorizes the postmortem examination or autopsy of the unidentified body or remains to include full body X-rays.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2457&version=20150AB245799INT)
+2. **04/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2457&version=20150AB245798AMD)
+3. **05/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2457&version=20150AB245797AMD)
+4. **08/17/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2457&version=20150AB245795CHP)
+5. **AB2457** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2457)
+6. **08/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2457&version=20150AB245796ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2457 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2457 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bloom — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2016-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-04-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4464.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4644.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2016-08-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5639.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
+- **2016-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 136, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4eb6b24-de20-4810-a303-adb68b465ec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+