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. Existing law also permits interments of nonresidents in designated public cemetery districts, under certain circumstances.
California SB 1131 (20112012) — Public cemetery districts: interments.
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. Existing law also permits interments of nonresidents in designated public cemetery districts, under certain circumstances.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1131 La Malfa Senate Third Reading By NIELSEN — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading SB1131 La Malfa — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
La Malfa — primary (person)
Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
Wolk — coauthor (person)
Yamada — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2012-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2012-03-01 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2012-03-06 Set for hearing April 18.
2012-04-09 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-04-10 Set for hearing May 2.
2012-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3389.) (May 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3470.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-10 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-05-25 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2012-06-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-06-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5419.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-06-25 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2012-06-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2012-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 65, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f16c0de-898d-4a5c-8404-68efaa5f0bc7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).