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Bill Crematories: burning of flags. Existing law requires a crematory regulated by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to knowingly cremate only human remains in cremation chambers, along with cremation containers, items used for disease control, and personal effects of the deceased. Existing law authorizes the incineration of one or more American flags, performed separately from the cremation of human remains and in accordance with specified federal law, during the periods within one week before or after Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day. us/states/ca California Legislature 20192020 AB 2134 California AB 2134 (20192020)
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California AB 2134 (20192020) — Crematories: burning of flags.

Existing law requires a crematory regulated by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to knowingly cremate only human remains in cremation chambers, along with cremation containers, items used for disease control, and personal effects of the deceased. Existing law authorizes the incineration of one or more American flags, performed separately from the cremation of human remains and in accordance with specified federal law, during the periods within one week before or after Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/10/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 09/11/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB2134 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/31/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 190 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 90 (pass) · upper
  • Consent Calendar AB2134 — 390 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2134 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — 760 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chen — primary (person)
  • Moorlach — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2020-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
  • 2020-02-20 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
  • 2020-05-22 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2020-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4723.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
  • 2020-08-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2020-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4374.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2020-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2020-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  • 2020-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2020-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 72, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a36c346-e518-459c-a3a8-f5ef0e90acc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).