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Bill	Human remains disposal: alkaline hydrolysis: licensure and regulation.	The Cemetery and Funeral Act provides for the licensure and regulation of cemeteries, crematoria, funeral establishments, and their personnel by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law creates the Cemetery and Funeral Fund, which is continuously appropriated for the purpose of implementing the act. Under existing law, the violation of the act is a misdemeanor. Existing law requires a local registrar of births and deaths to issue permits for the disposition of cremated remains.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 967	California AB 967 (20172018)	bill appropriation	Human remains disposal: alkaline hydrolysis: licensure and regulation.	enacted	Gloria	12	36	8	2017-02-16	2017-10-15	openstates	ocd-bill/9b5be2b0-1e1b-46ad-b232-af70c7d27153	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB967	19fb9e31ebf3c612a61e3918e861a4ed2c0bbedf251c962e4a17b460b75f3850	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 967 (20172018) — Human remains disposal: alkaline hydrolysis: licensure and regulation.

The Cemetery and Funeral Act provides for the licensure and regulation of cemeteries, crematoria, funeral establishments, and their personnel by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law creates the Cemetery and Funeral Fund, which is continuously appropriated for the purpose of implementing the act. Under existing law, the violation of the act is a misdemeanor. Existing law requires a local registrar of births and deaths to issue permits for the disposition of cremated remains.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/02/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/10/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/28/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/13/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 10/15/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB967 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/19/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 967 GLORIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB967 Gloria By Hill — 32–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 14–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 967 GLORIA Assembly Third Reading — 71–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gloria — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2017-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2017-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-02 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 1965.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and EQ. referral-committee
• 2017-06-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-08-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Joint Rule 61(a)(14) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2737.)
• 2017-09-12 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 3002.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2017-09-16 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3535.)
• 2017-09-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 3542.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 846, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b5be2b0-1e1b-46ad-b232-af70c7d27153. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).