Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act, establishes the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the regulation of cemeteries, crematoria, funeral establishments, and their personnel. Existing law requires all securities purchased by, and all money received from, the trustor, as defined, for deposit in trust to be placed in trust within 30 days of receipt by the funeral establishment pursuant to a trust agreement executed by the funeral establishment, the trustor, and the trustee. Existing law requires the trustee, upon the signature of a majority of the trustees, to deliver the corpus of the trust and any income accrued in trust, as specified. Existing law specifies that a willful violation of the act is a crime.
California AB 293 (20212022) — Preneed funeral arrangements: unclaimed property.
Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act, establishes the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the regulation of cemeteries, crematoria, funeral establishments, and their personnel. Existing law requires all securities purchased by, and all money received from, the trustor, as defined, for deposit in trust to be placed in trust within 30 days of receipt by the funeral establishment pursuant to a trust agreement executed by the funeral establishment, the trustor, and the trustee. Existing law requires the trustee, upon the signature of a majority of the trustees, to deliver the corpus of the trust and any income accrued in trust, as specified. Existing law specifies that a willful violation of the act is a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 293 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent AB293 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Kalra — primary (person)
McCarty — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-01-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-01-22 From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
2021-01-28 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. & P. referral-committee
2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1626.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-09 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2021-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2389.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 514, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a7d00ac-6bcb-4a5c-b4aa-2f23b2e9a214. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).