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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public cemetery districts: interment rights."
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description: "Existing law, 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. Existing law authorizes a public cemetery district to sell \"interment rights,\" defined as the right to use or control the use of a plot, niche, or other space in a public cemetery district for interment of human remains. Existing law provides for the succession of an interment plot in a private cemetery."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 1179"
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citation: "California SB 1179 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public cemetery districts: interment rights."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Vidak"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2016-02-18"
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last_action: "2016-09-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e8f86ae-228f-46dd-9f3d-a9bf09744c4a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1179"
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source_hash: "1c4f29552c4bab5172e00c22145e9bf6446fc2c789fdadf769b2a964fd3a3c52"
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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 1179 (20152016) — Public cemetery districts: interment rights.
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Existing law, 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. Existing law authorizes a public cemetery district to sell "interment rights," defined as the right to use or control the use of a plot, niche, or other space in a public cemetery district for interment of human remains. Existing law provides for the succession of an interment plot in a private cemetery.
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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. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1179&version=20150SB117999INT)
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2. **03/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1179&version=20150SB117998AMD)
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3. **04/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1179&version=20150SB117997AMD)
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4. **06/06/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1179&version=20150SB117996AMD)
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5. **09/24/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1179&version=20150SB117994CHP)
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6. **SB1179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1179)
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7. **08/19/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1179&version=20150SB117995ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 1179 Vidak Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Vidak — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
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- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 12.
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- **2016-04-13** April 12 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2016-04-14** Set for hearing April 19.
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- **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3611.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-04-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
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- **2016-05-09** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2016-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3850.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-19** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5779.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2016-08-16** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2016-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5141.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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- **2016-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 592, Statutes of 2016.
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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/2e8f86ae-228f-46dd-9f3d-a9bf09744c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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