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Bill	Crematories: burning of flags.	Existing law provides that a crematory regulated by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau shall knowingly cremate only human remains in cremation chambers, along with cremation containers, items used for disease control, and personal effects of the deceased.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 119	California SB 119 (20132014)	bill	Crematories: burning of flags.	enacted	Calderon	5	21	5	2013-01-17	2013-09-06	openstates	ocd-bill/ce8c1f9f-30a8-4c91-b913-659f9dc69c31	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB119	78f8775285cfca67cc074294c07bf3e5023a0032591695b1f9a14dfb80465882	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 119 (20132014) — Crematories: burning of flags.

Existing law provides that a crematory regulated by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau shall knowingly cremate only human remains in cremation chambers, along with cremation containers, items used for disease control, and personal effects of the deceased.

Version chain

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

1. 01/17/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/06/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB119 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/23/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 119 Calderon Senate Third Reading By GOMEZ — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #3 — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Calderon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-01-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
• 2013-01-31 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2013-04-04 Set for hearing April 15.
• 2013-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 563.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-19 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2013-04-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2013-05-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 809.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-06 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-05-20 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2668.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-22 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2013-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2013-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 205, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce8c1f9f-30a8-4c91-b913-659f9dc69c31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).