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| Bill | Cremation of veterans with the United States flag. | Existing law requires that a crematory knowingly cremate only human remains in cremation chambers, along with the cremation container, personal effects of the deceased, and no more than a negligible amount of chlorinated plastic pouches utilized for disease control when necessary. Existing law authorizes a crematory to incinerate one or more American flags under specified conditions, including when the flag is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display. Existing law requires a crematory that incinerates an American flag or flags to maintain an accurate record of all American flags incinerated, as specified. | us/states/ca | California Legislature | 20212022 | AB 496 | California AB 496 (20212022) |
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California AB 496 (20212022) — Cremation of veterans with the United States flag.
Existing law requires that a crematory knowingly cremate only human remains in cremation chambers, along with the cremation container, personal effects of the deceased, and no more than a negligible amount of chlorinated plastic pouches utilized for disease control when necessary. Existing law authorizes a crematory to incinerate one or more American flags under specified conditions, including when the flag is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display. Existing law requires a crematory that incinerates an American flag or flags to maintain an accurate record of all American flags incinerated, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 02/09/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 07/23/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- AB496 (committee substitute) — source
- 07/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB496 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
- AB 496 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Chen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-09 Read first time. To print.
reading-1 - 2021-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on B. & P.
referral-committee - 2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 23).
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1, reading-2 - 2021-04-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 863.)
passage, reading-1, reading-3 - 2021-04-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1 - 2021-05-12 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and M. & V.A.
referral-committee - 2021-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee - 2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30).
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1, reading-2 - 2021-07-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1907.).
passage, reading-1, reading-3 - 2021-07-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage - 2021-07-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- 2021-07-23 Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature - 2021-07-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2021.
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9edf02ca-afaa-43c5-a106-ccae35752aa2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).