Existing law makes it the duty of a coroner to inquire into and determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of deaths under prescribed conditions, including deaths under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground to suspect that the death was caused by the criminal act of another. Existing law provides for the execution of a certificate of religious belief stating that postmortem anatomical dissection or specified procedures would violate the religious convictions of the person, and, except as specified, prohibits a coroner from performing the procedure. Existing law requires a postmortem examination or autopsy to include certain procedures, including, among others, taking available fingerprints and palm prints and a dental examination including dental charts and dental X-rays, as specified. Existing law authorizes the postmortem examination or autopsy of the unidentified body or remains to include full body X-rays.
California AB 2457 (20152016) — Autopsy: electronic image systems.
Existing law makes it the duty of a coroner to inquire into and determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of deaths under prescribed conditions, including deaths under such circumstances as to afford a reasonable ground to suspect that the death was caused by the criminal act of another. Existing law provides for the execution of a certificate of religious belief stating that postmortem anatomical dissection or specified procedures would violate the religious convictions of the person, and, except as specified, prohibits a coroner from performing the procedure. Existing law requires a postmortem examination or autopsy to include certain procedures, including, among others, taking available fingerprints and palm prints and a dental examination including dental charts and dental X-rays, as specified. Existing law authorizes the postmortem examination or autopsy of the unidentified body or remains to include full body X-rays.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2457 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2457 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bloom — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4464.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-05-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4644.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5639.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2016-08-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-08-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 136, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4eb6b24-de20-4810-a303-adb68b465ec1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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