---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veteran interment: veterans' remains organizations."
description: "Existing law authorizes a cemetery authority, cemetery corporation or association, or other entity in possession of the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran to release the remains to a veterans' remains organization, as defined, for interment after specified conditions are met, including possession of the remains for at least one year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1806"
citation: "California AB 1806 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veteran interment: veterans' remains organizations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-02-21"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1814500a-ce78-40c7-8812-fb68837a6ffa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806"
source_hash: "e8ce721c68c5ddc3dd9c869cdadf4446f6e686604d08aca3a169e56f68890e54"
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 1806 (20112012) — Veteran interment: veterans' remains organizations.

Existing law authorizes a cemetery authority, cemetery corporation or association, or other entity in possession of the cremated remains of a veteran or dependent of a veteran to release the remains to a veterans' remains organization, as defined, for interment after specified conditions are met, including possession of the remains for at least one year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806&version=20110AB180699INT)
2. **03/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806&version=20110AB180698AMD)
3. **06/11/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806&version=20110AB180697AMD)
4. **06/15/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806&version=20110AB180696AMD)
5. **06/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806&version=20110AB180695AMD)
6. **08/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806&version=20110AB180694AMD)
7. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806&version=20110AB180692CHP)
8. **AB1806** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806)
9. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1806&version=20110AB180693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1806 COOK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1806 COOK Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1806 Cook By Correa — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4889.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on V.A. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4890.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6508.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 722, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1814500a-ce78-40c7-8812-fb68837a6ffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).