---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death certificates: content."
description: "Existing law specifies the content of a certificate of death, including the full name of the father, birthplace of the father, the full maiden name of the mother, and birthplace of the mother."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2436"
citation: "California AB 2436 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death certificates: content."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81b8f39c-b6a1-4921-bd88-829e38b45532"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2436"
source_hash: "86be8d4ee8d8c5e96e7f1c2d61f23a1baaa9b2c4375375b3cf15a0a069424f9f"
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 2436 (20212022) — Death certificates: content.

Existing law specifies the content of a certificate of death, including the full name of the father, birthplace of the father, the full maiden name of the mother, and birthplace of the mother.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2436&version=20210AB243699INT)
2. **03/31/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2436&version=20210AB243698AMD)
3. **08/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2436&version=20210AB243697AMD)
4. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2436&version=20210AB243695CHP)
5. **AB2436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2436)
6. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2436&version=20210AB243696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2436 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2436 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2436 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Laird — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — author (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 4850.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 5102.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 2.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 966, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81b8f39c-b6a1-4921-bd88-829e38b45532`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).