republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-180.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cemetery and Funeral Bureau."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of funeral directors, funeral establishments, and embalmers, by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau pursuant to the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Law, and a violation of the law is a crime. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of cemetery managers, cemetery brokers, cemetery salespersons, crematories, and crematory managers, pursuant to the Cemetery Act, by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. Existing law directs charges imposed under the law and the act to be deposited into the State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Fund or the Cemetery Fund, respectively. Under existing law, these funds are continuously appropriated. Existing law, the Cemetery Act, requires the bureau to survey each of its licensees to obtain information to determine if the endowment care fund levels of the licensee's cemetery are sufficient to cover the cost of future operation, as specified, and required the bureau to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by January 1, 2008."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 180"
citation: "California AB 180 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Cemetery and Funeral Bureau."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-01-26"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f49805fe-ccd0-480f-80d6-1bcfb00f2b3c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB180"
source_hash: "e58d011f4cc158e88838537d067fdf29b83bd6e4e6b9780aa6b59e24622da193"
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 180 (20152016) — Cemetery and Funeral Bureau.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of funeral directors, funeral establishments, and embalmers, by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau pursuant to the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Law, and a violation of the law is a crime. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of cemetery managers, cemetery brokers, cemetery salespersons, crematories, and crematory managers, pursuant to the Cemetery Act, by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. Existing law directs charges imposed under the law and the act to be deposited into the State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Fund or the Cemetery Fund, respectively. Under existing law, these funds are continuously appropriated. Existing law, the Cemetery Act, requires the bureau to survey each of its licensees to obtain information to determine if the endowment care fund levels of the licensee's cemetery are sufficient to cover the cost of future operation, as specified, and required the bureau to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by January 1, 2008.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB180&version=20150AB18099INT)
2. **04/22/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB180&version=20150AB18098AMD)
3. **06/29/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB180&version=20150AB18097AMD)
4. **08/27/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB180&version=20150AB18096AMD)
5. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB180&version=20150AB18095AMD)
6. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB180&version=20150AB18093CHP)
7. **AB180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB180)
8. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB180&version=20150AB18094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 180 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB180 Bonilla By Hill — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 180 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonilla — primary (person)
- Hill — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-27** From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
- **2015-02-02** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1702.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2640.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3053.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 395, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f49805fe-ccd0-480f-80d6-1bcfb00f2b3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).