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Bill	Native Americans: repatriation.	Existing law, the California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001 (California act) , requires all agencies and museums that receive state funding that have possession or control over collections of California Native American human remains or cultural items, as defined, to inventory those remains and items for the identification and repatriation of the items to the appropriate Indian tribes. The California act states the intent of the Legislature to apply the state's repatriation policy consistent with the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (federal act) and to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of the federal act with respect to publicly funded agencies and museums in California. Existing law establishes the Native American Heritage Commission and vests the commission with specified powers and duties.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2836	California AB 2836 (20172018)	bill	Native Americans: repatriation.	enacted	Gloria	8	28	9	2018-02-16	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/94eaa763-a97a-45a5-9fd2-be637abd1e4d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2836	5536a1485c18237729c69b7c677496a5bd19cc98f7e38d234276b8192d152351	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2836 (20172018) — Native Americans: repatriation.

Existing law, the California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001 (California act) , requires all agencies and museums that receive state funding that have possession or control over collections of California Native American human remains or cultural items, as defined, to inventory those remains and items for the identification and repatriation of the items to the appropriate Indian tribes. The California act states the intent of the Legislature to apply the state's repatriation policy consistent with the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (federal act) and to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of the federal act with respect to publicly funded agencies and museums in California. Existing law establishes the Native American Heritage Commission and vests the commission with specified powers and duties.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2836 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2836 GLORIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2836 Gloria et al. By Wilk — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2836 GLORIA Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gloria — primary (person)
• Acosta — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Chu — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Medina — coauthor (person)
• Nazarian — coauthor (person)
• Patterson — coauthor (person)
• Thurmond — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-03-22 Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2018-04-17 Coauthors revised.
• 2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Coauthors revised.
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5534.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5991.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7033.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 823, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94eaa763-a97a-45a5-9fd2-be637abd1e4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).