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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduction of human remains and the disposition of reduced human remains."
description: "The Cemetery and Funeral Act provides for the licensure and regulation of cemeteries, crematoria, hydrolysis facilities, cremated remains disposers, funeral establishments, and their personnel by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law creates the Cemetery and Funeral Fund, which is continuously appropriated for the purpose of implementing the act. Under existing law, the violation of the act is a misdemeanor. Existing law provides for the disposition of human remains and makes specified acts relating to human remains, including improperly disposing of human remains, a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 351"
citation: "California AB 351 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Reduction of human remains and the disposition of reduced human remains."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb27a547-13af-4ff0-bbd8-ce7d8ea697e8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351"
source_hash: "b748f03b41a58e6efe6d56f2f5f5c7181899b364f90ec2a070eaa537129549b3"
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 351 (20212022) — Reduction of human remains and the disposition of reduced human remains.
The Cemetery and Funeral Act provides for the licensure and regulation of cemeteries, crematoria, hydrolysis facilities, cremated remains disposers, funeral establishments, and their personnel by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law creates the Cemetery and Funeral Fund, which is continuously appropriated for the purpose of implementing the act. Under existing law, the violation of the act is a misdemeanor. Existing law provides for the disposition of human remains and makes specified acts relating to human remains, including improperly disposing of human remains, a crime.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/28/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351&version=20210AB35199INT)
2. **02/28/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351&version=20210AB35197AMD)
3. **04/15/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351&version=20210AB35198AMD)
4. **06/06/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351&version=20210AB35196AMD)
5. **06/27/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351&version=20210AB35195AMD)
6. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351&version=20210AB35194AMD)
7. **08/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351&version=20210AB35193AMD)
8. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351&version=20210AB35191CHP)
9. **AB351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351)
10. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB351&version=20210AB35192ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 351 Cristina Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB351 Cristina Garcia et a By Eggman — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 351 Cristina Garcia Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
- Eggman — principal coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1253.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** From Consent Calendar.
- **2021-06-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-03** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hertzberg.
- **2022-02-28** From inactive file.
- **2022-02-28** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-02-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5224.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb27a547-13af-4ff0-bbd8-ce7d8ea697e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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