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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Coroners: organ donation."
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description: "Existing law requires a coroner to cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. Existing law requires a coroner or designee to conduct a post mortem examination of a body or part that is available for or has been donated to a procurement organization in a manner and within a period compatible with the body or part's preservation for the purposes of the gift."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 1297"
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citation: "California AB 1297 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Coroners: organ donation."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2013-02-22"
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last_action: "2013-09-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72e82f2e-17c6-4fc3-ab9b-d59e16a47e76"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297"
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source_hash: "27a73b11176e0d8590d93af4b50d4ec3a078e833f8462b33780398bf1130b37a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1297 (20132014) — Coroners: organ donation.
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Existing law requires a coroner to cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. Existing law requires a coroner or designee to conduct a post mortem examination of a body or part that is available for or has been donated to a procurement organization in a manner and within a period compatible with the body or part's preservation for the purposes of the gift.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129799INT)
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2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129798AMD)
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3. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129797AMD)
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4. **06/04/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129796AMD)
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5. **08/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129795AMD)
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6. **09/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129793CHP)
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7. **AB1297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297)
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8. **08/28/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129794ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1297 PÉREZ, J. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1297 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1297 John A. Pérez By Anderson — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
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- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-21** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1344.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1944.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2013-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2693.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2013-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 341, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72e82f2e-17c6-4fc3-ab9b-d59e16a47e76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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