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type: "Bill"
title: "Disposition of remains: authorized agent."
description: "Existing law lists the person or persons who, in an order of succession, have the right to control, and duty of disposition of, the remains of a deceased person if other directions have not been given by the decedent. The first among the list of persons so authorized pursuant to this list is an agent under a power of attorney for health care who has the right and duty of disposition. A person upon whom the duty of interment is imposed by law who omits to perform that duty within a reasonable period of time is guilty of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 905"
citation: "California AB 905 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disposition of remains: authorized agent."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8f78bc8-cbe4-409e-b229-58697c30ae22"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB905"
source_hash: "85be172f5e7f534e830b9a0020645df3516c5ca405dd9046602451b88c9d8f77"
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 905 (20112012) — Disposition of remains: authorized agent.
Existing law lists the person or persons who, in an order of succession, have the right to control, and duty of disposition of, the remains of a deceased person if other directions have not been given by the decedent. The first among the list of persons so authorized pursuant to this list is an agent under a power of attorney for health care who has the right and duty of disposition. A person upon whom the duty of interment is imposed by law who omits to perform that duty within a reasonable period of time is guilty of a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB905&version=20110AB90599INT)
2. **05/16/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB905&version=20110AB90598AMD)
3. **06/09/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB905&version=20110AB90597AMD)
4. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB905&version=20110AB90596AMD)
5. **08/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB905&version=20110AB90595AMD)
6. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB905&version=20110AB90593CHP)
7. **AB905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB905)
8. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB905&version=20110AB90594ENR)
## Votes
- AB 905 PAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **780** (pass) · lower
- AB 905 PAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **770** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB905 Pan By Correa — **352** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **80** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs to Consent Calendar. — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Pan — primary (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Cook — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1454.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2141.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2844.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 321, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8f78bc8-cbe4-409e-b229-58697c30ae22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).