---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deceased persons: cancellation of services."
description: "Deceased persons: cancellation of services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 604"
citation: "California AB 604 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deceased persons: cancellation of services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walters"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c306d999-2efe-45bc-9208-df8814cab839"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB604"
source_hash: "aaf52f5f719248f876d0ca71ef6e6a0f6a76adcaa4bfc4e0e23660d9980718c6"
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 604 (20072008) — Deceased persons: cancellation of services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB604&version=20070AB60499INT)
2. **05/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB604&version=20070AB60498AMD)
3. **05/29/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB604&version=20070AB60497AMD)
4. **06/22/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB604&version=20070AB60495CHP)
5. **AB604** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB604)
6. **06/12/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB604&version=20070AB60496ENR)

## Votes

- AB 604 WALTERS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB604 Walters — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 604 WALTERS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 938.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-29** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1132.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-06-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2117.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2007-06-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 14, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c306d999-2efe-45bc-9208-df8814cab839`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).