---
type: "Bill"
title: "Native American graves protection and repatriation."
description: "Native American graves protection and repatriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 978"
citation: "California AB 978 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Native American graves protection and repatriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c701ade-2a13-4a12-8f1b-48aa87c2c802"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB978"
source_hash: "3c184a1152911c14403745545534ee159371f343f033a2b955e46f733d3aa25c"
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 978 (20012002) — Native American graves protection and repatriation.

## 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=200120020AB978&version=20010AB97899INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB978&version=20010AB97898AMD)
3. **05/22/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB978&version=20010AB97897AMD)
4. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB978&version=20010AB97896AMD)
5. **07/17/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB978&version=20010AB97895AMD)
6. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB978&version=20010AB97894AMD)
7. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB978&version=20010AB97892CHP)
8. **AB978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB978)
9. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB978&version=20010AB97893ENR)

## Votes

- AB 978 Steinberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB978 Steinberg By Brulte — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 978 Steinberg Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Brulte — coauthor (person)
- Burton — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Kelley — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Leonard — coauthor (person)
- McClintock — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Vincent — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 818, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3943.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2758.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-21** (Corrected August 20. )
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2240.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** 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-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `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/9c701ade-2a13-4a12-8f1b-48aa87c2c802`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).