---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral directors."
description: "Funeral directors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1277"
citation: "California AB 1277 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Funeral directors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardenas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/753508cc-8075-4589-897b-efef89040908"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277"
source_hash: "0ebff0f907a9fc534d69910b8f2945bacd51ee61d7182bd45318109f9cf58d5e"
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 1277 (20012002) — Funeral directors.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277&version=20010AB127799INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277&version=20010AB127798AMD)
3. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277&version=20010AB127797AMD)
4. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277&version=20010AB127796AMD)
5. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277&version=20010AB127795AMD)
6. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277&version=20010AB127794AMD)
7. **10/11/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277&version=20010AB127792CHP)
8. **AB1277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277)
9. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1277&version=20010AB127793ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1277 Cardenas By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1277 Cardenas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1277 Cardenas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardenas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 715, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 34. Page 3926.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2838.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection).
- **2001-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 25. Page 1788.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/753508cc-8075-4589-897b-efef89040908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).