---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death certificates: forms."
description: "Death certificates: forms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1139"
citation: "California AB 1139 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death certificates: forms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d120cb5d-b669-4b51-9b7f-8f507884c114"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139"
source_hash: "99c973787b16bb6dbab2e7bf3fec5523e23d37410cb4a1a723d69f2dcaf58337"
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 1139 (20012002) — Death certificates: forms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113999INT)
2. **03/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113998AMD)
3. **04/01/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113994AMD)
4. **04/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113997AMD)
5. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113993AMD)
6. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113996AMD)
7. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113992AMD)
8. **09/14/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113995AMD)
9. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113990CHP)
10. **AB1139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139)
11. **08/26/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1139&version=20010AB113991ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1139 Thomson By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1139 Thomson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1139 Thomson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 827, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 8159.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (August 24). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 5589.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-19** 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, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-04** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** 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, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-14** 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, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-07-02** 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, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 21. Page 1535.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.). `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d120cb5d-b669-4b51-9b7f-8f507884c114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).