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type: "Bill"
title: "Coroners: organ donation."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1297"
citation: "California AB 1297 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coroners: organ donation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72e82f2e-17c6-4fc3-ab9b-d59e16a47e76"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297"
source_hash: "27a73b11176e0d8590d93af4b50d4ec3a078e833f8462b33780398bf1130b37a"
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 AB 1297 (20132014) — Coroners: organ donation.
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129799INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129798AMD)
3. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129797AMD)
4. **06/04/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129796AMD)
5. **08/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129795AMD)
6. **09/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129793CHP)
7. **AB1297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297)
8. **08/28/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1297&version=20130AB129794ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **190** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **90** (pass) · upper
- AB 1297 PÉREZ, J. Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- AB 1297 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1297 John A. Pérez By Anderson — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1344.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **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`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1944.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2693.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 341, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
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).