republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-966.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public cemetery districts: nonresident burial."
description: "The Public Cemetery District Law specifies the procedures for the formation of public cemetery districts, procedures for the selection of the district board of trustees and officers, and the powers and duties of the board. That law limits interments in public cemetery district cemeteries to residents of the district and nonresidents who meet specified criteria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 966"
citation: "California AB 966 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public cemetery districts: nonresident burial."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yamada"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d33240fc-3aa4-4d6a-8af6-dba0bb96159d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB966"
source_hash: "cf7418e914750cf0294978f1994c4d701122b8199aaf19d8632f8a391627e3b0"
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 966 (20112012) — Public cemetery districts: nonresident burial.

The Public Cemetery District Law specifies the procedures for the formation of public cemetery districts, procedures for the selection of the district board of trustees and officers, and the powers and duties of the board. That law limits interments in public cemetery district cemeteries to residents of the district and nonresidents who meet specified criteria.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB966&version=20110AB96699INT)
2. **04/28/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB966&version=20110AB96698AMD)
3. **05/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB966&version=20110AB96697AMD)
4. **06/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB966&version=20110AB96696AMD)
5. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB966&version=20110AB96694CHP)
6. **AB966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB966)
7. **07/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB966&version=20110AB96695ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 966 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 966 YAMADA Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yamada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-10** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** 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 1450.) `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 GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** 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`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1687.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2226.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2011-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 111, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d33240fc-3aa4-4d6a-8af6-dba0bb96159d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).