(1) Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of various agencies that license and regulate various businesses and professions. Existing law requires certain agencies to disclose information on the status of its licensees on the internet, as specified. In this regard, existing law specifies the licensees on which the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau is required to disclose information, including, among others, cemetery brokers, salespersons, and managers.
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California Legislature
20252026
SB 861
California SB 861 (20252026)
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Consumeraffairs
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Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development
(1) Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of various agencies that license and regulate various businesses and professions. Existing law requires certain agencies to disclose information on the status of its licensees on the internet, as specified. In this regard, existing law specifies the licensees on which the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau is required to disclose information, including, among others, cemetery brokers, salespersons, and managers.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB861 B., P. & E.D. (Ashby) Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-03-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-03-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 13.
2025-03-26 Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-03 Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-08 Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 809.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 944.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-06 May 12 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-05-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1137.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-05-29 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2025-06-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-07-17 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
2025-07-17 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3