Existing law, the California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001 (California act) , requires all agencies and museums that receive state funding and have possession or control over collections of California Native American human remains or cultural items to inventory those remains and items for repatriation of the items to the appropriate Indian tribes, as specified. 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.
California AB 1662 (20192020) — 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 and have possession or control over collections of California Native American human remains or cultural items to inventory those remains and items for repatriation of the items to the appropriate Indian tribes, as specified. 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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1662 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB1662 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ramos — primary (person)
Gloria — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-28 Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2019-03-28 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1592.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2019-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1879.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2019-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-07-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 112, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37e4a6fa-c2ed-45fb-9e60-165de79d7be1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).