---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral directors and embalmers."
description: "Funeral directors and embalmers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2004"
citation: "California AB 2004 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Funeral directors and embalmers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business and Professions"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-13"
last_action: "2004-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dae52e5a-36c9-4306-a822-6e9a5b93e690"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2004"
source_hash: "f2e12ca4f2e578d53dfbb56be38cd866ae60fb51f6d2b3c31515bb783cad02c9"
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 2004 (20032004) — Funeral directors and embalmers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2004&version=20030AB200499INT)
2. **04/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2004&version=20030AB200498AMD)
3. **06/08/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2004&version=20030AB200497AMD)
4. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2004&version=20030AB200496AMD)
5. **09/15/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2004&version=20030AB200494CHP)
6. **AB2004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2004)
7. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2004&version=20030AB200495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2004 committee on bus.& prof. (correa) by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2004 b.& p. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Business and Professions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7878.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5350.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-02** To inactive file on motion of Senator Figueroa.
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5625.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. (Corrected April 28. ). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2004-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dae52e5a-36c9-4306-a822-6e9a5b93e690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).