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type: "Bill"
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title: "Human remains: disposition."
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description: "Existing law authorizes human remains to be transported from California to an adjacent state for disposition in that state without a death certificate or permit for disposition in specified circumstances if the remains are found within 50 miles of the California border and the nearest licensed funeral establishment is within 20 miles of the border in the adjacent state, and the remains are released to that funeral establishment."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 356"
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citation: "California AB 356 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Human remains: disposition."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-08"
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last_action: "2017-09-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c305a968-435e-493e-8858-25a984fb3cad"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB356"
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source_hash: "5f6b6cdabeb49709023c4ecc68cdfdc316101e350e8f51e3043ae5ea13441e65"
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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 AB 356 (20172018) — Human remains: disposition.
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Existing law authorizes human remains to be transported from California to an adjacent state for disposition in that state without a death certificate or permit for disposition in specified circumstances if the remains are found within 50 miles of the California border and the nearest licensed funeral establishment is within 20 miles of the border in the adjacent state, and the remains are released to that funeral establishment.
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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. **02/08/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB356&version=20170AB35699INT)
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2. **06/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB356&version=20170AB35698AMD)
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3. **09/01/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB356&version=20170AB35696CHP)
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4. **AB356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB356)
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5. **08/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB356&version=20170AB35697ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 356 BIGELOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bigelow — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
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- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 723.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-10** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1933.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2017-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2752.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2017-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, Statutes of 2017.
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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/c305a968-435e-493e-8858-25a984fb3cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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