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type: "Bill"
title: "Crime: picketing."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime for a person to disturb, obstruct, detain, or interfere with any person carrying or accompanying human remains to a cemetery or funeral establishment, or engaged in a funeral service or an interment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 661"
citation: "California SB 661 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime: picketing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a170aef8-b176-4f69-b4ab-fe5b6471fd1f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB661"
source_hash: "f987a5a7cc3e469c1fc0dc38e409e87f08f374f3f79c26f5f6745e6f30cab188"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 661 (20112012) — Crime: picketing.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person to disturb, obstruct, detain, or interfere with any person carrying or accompanying human remains to a cemetery or funeral establishment, or engaged in a funeral service or an interment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB661&version=20110SB66199INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB661&version=20110SB66198AMD)
3. **07/05/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB661&version=20110SB66197AMD)
4. **08/06/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB661&version=20110SB66196AMD)
5. **08/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB661&version=20110SB66195AMD)
6. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB661&version=20110SB66193CHP)
7. **SB661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB661)
8. **09/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB661&version=20110SB66194ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **161** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **60** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **51** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 661 Lieu Senate Third Reading By SWANSON — **772** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB661 Lieu Concurrence — **342** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **91** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lieu — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Cook — principal coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-12-15** Set for hearing January 10.
- **2012-01-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-01-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 2624.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-11** Set for hearing January 17.
- **2012-01-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2669.) (January 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2716.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. (Page 6250.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 6443.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 5021.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 354, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a170aef8-b176-4f69-b4ab-fe5b6471fd1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).