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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public cemetery districts: Kern River Valley Cemetery District."
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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. Existing law also permits interments of nonresidents in designated public cemetery districts, under certain circumstances."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "SB 159"
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citation: "California SB 159 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public cemetery districts: Kern River Valley Cemetery District."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2013-02-01"
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last_action: "2013-07-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33fcd9d9-882e-41ad-b448-e35bbf447c3c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB159"
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source_hash: "877787129c7e162962d59abe81dffd11461f43a7b188c28fff5657d455635513"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 159 (20132014) — Public cemetery districts: Kern River Valley Cemetery District.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/01/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB159&version=20130SB15999INT)
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2. **07/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB159&version=20130SB15997CHP)
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3. **SB159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB159)
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4. **06/25/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB159&version=20130SB15998ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 159 Fuller Senate Third Reading By CONWAY — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Fuller — primary (person)
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- Conway — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-01** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2013-02-01** (Corrected February 6.)
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- **2013-02-04** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
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- **2013-02-14** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-28** Set for hearing March 13.
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- **2013-03-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 290.) (March 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-03-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-03-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 332.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-03-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2129.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-06-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2013-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2013-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 55, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33fcd9d9-882e-41ad-b448-e35bbf447c3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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