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Bill	Crematories: change in ownership.	Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act (act) , establishes the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (bureau) for the licensure and regulation of crematories. The act requires every licensee operating a crematory pursuant to a license issued in compliance with the act to pay specified regulatory charges, and requires those fees to be deposited in the Cemetery and Funeral Fund (fund) , which is continuously appropriated for the purpose of implementing the act. The act requires that any change in ownership of a crematory be reported to the bureau. Under the act, when a change of ownership occurs, the existing crematory license lapses and the new owner must obtain a new license from the bureau.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1560	California AB 1560 (20232024)	bill appropriation	Crematories change in ownership	enacted	Flora	6	22	5	2023-02-17	2023-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/2e8109e4-9f92-4a46-b701-0c41a65cd000	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1560	d9dc7b962d2859f07fdd9fcd832edd351feab31bdd979f156004a22bc130160c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1560 (20232024) — Crematories: change in ownership.

Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act (act) , establishes the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (bureau) for the licensure and regulation of crematories. The act requires every licensee operating a crematory pursuant to a license issued in compliance with the act to pay specified regulatory charges, and requires those fees to be deposited in the Cemetery and Funeral Fund (fund) , which is continuously appropriated for the purpose of implementing the act. The act requires that any change in ownership of a crematory be reported to the bureau. Under the act, when a change of ownership occurs, the existing crematory license lapses and the new owner must obtain a new license from the bureau.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/22/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1560 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/07/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1560 Flora Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1560 Flora By Alvarado-Gil — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Flora — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-16 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 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-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-04-18 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-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1597.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2355.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2023-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2023-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 206, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e8109e4-9f92-4a46-b701-0c41a65cd000. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).