Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act, defines an apprentice embalmer as a person engaged in the study of embalming under the instruction and supervision of a licensed embalmer who has had at least 2 years' of practical experience as a licensed embalmer. Existing law requires the apprenticeship to be served in a licensed funeral establishment that has been approved for apprenticeship training by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. Under existing law, in order to qualify for approval, the funeral director is required to submit to the bureau a specified application demonstrating, among other things, that the funeral establishment will continue to have a full-time employed embalmer with not less than 2 years' of practical experience as a licensed embalmer.
California AB 1381 (20172018) — Funeral establishments: apprenticeship training.
Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act, defines an apprentice embalmer as a person engaged in the study of embalming under the instruction and supervision of a licensed embalmer who has had at least 2 years' of practical experience as a licensed embalmer. Existing law requires the apprenticeship to be served in a licensed funeral establishment that has been approved for apprenticeship training by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. Under existing law, in order to qualify for approval, the funeral director is required to submit to the bureau a specified application demonstrating, among other things, that the funeral establishment will continue to have a full-time employed embalmer with not less than 2 years' of practical experience as a licensed embalmer.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1381 OBERNOLTE Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Obernolte — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-13 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2017-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-04-24 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2017-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1619.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2017-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-10 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2024.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-13 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-07-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
2017-07-31 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-07-31 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 150, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d882018-c688-45fa-9615-6ee13f6dd5ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).