---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral establishments."
description: "Funeral establishments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1911"
citation: "California AB 1911 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Funeral establishments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-08"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3f31dbe-f2e3-4c4e-897a-02685ebcc830"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911"
source_hash: "1b22c58a8465fdd4e62570952fc6214e9136aadb3ae7917177e6e45d8b73b3b6"
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 1911 (20072008) — Funeral establishments.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911&version=20070AB191199INT)
2. **04/01/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911&version=20070AB191198AMD)
3. **04/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911&version=20070AB191197AMD)
4. **05/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911&version=20070AB191196AMD)
5. **06/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911&version=20070AB191195AMD)
6. **06/26/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911&version=20070AB191194AMD)
7. **08/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911&version=20070AB191193AMD)
8. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911&version=20070AB191191CHP)
9. **AB1911** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911)
10. **08/26/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1911&version=20070AB191192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #36 AB1911 Galgiani By Ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1911 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1911 GALGIANI Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2008-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5345.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** 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 Economic Development. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-20** (Corrected June 19.)
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-30** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5065.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2008-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6706.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 490, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3f31dbe-f2e3-4c4e-897a-02685ebcc830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).