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type: "Bill"
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title: "Abandoned cemeteries: report."
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description: "Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act, establishes the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of cemeteries, crematories, funeral establishments, and their personnel. Existing law requires the bureau, on or before July 1, 2027, to convene a workgroup composed of representatives from the cemetery, county government, and other interested stakeholders to discuss options for ensuring continued care, maintenance, and embellishment of abandoned cemeteries, including the possibility of requiring counties to assume responsibility for abandoned cemeteries. Existing law requires the bureau to submit a report to the Legislature summarizing the workgroup's discussions and its recommendations by January 1, 2028. Existing law repeals those provisions on January 1, 2029."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 777"
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citation: "California SB 777 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Abandonedcemeteries", "report"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richardson"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a641603-ecb3-4324-8e8d-e2e06d2ec8a1"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB777"
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source_hash: "d4000fb23fdba438b3fa4a9c7edc33f7957d6f8731e00835f752c456a1c9eb58"
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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 SB 777 (20252026) — Abandoned cemeteries: report.
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Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act, establishes the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of cemeteries, crematories, funeral establishments, and their personnel. Existing law requires the bureau, on or before July 1, 2027, to convene a workgroup composed of representatives from the cemetery, county government, and other interested stakeholders to discuss options for ensuring continued care, maintenance, and embellishment of abandoned cemeteries, including the possibility of requiring counties to assume responsibility for abandoned cemeteries. Existing law requires the bureau to submit a report to the Legislature summarizing the workgroup's discussions and its recommendations by January 1, 2028. Existing law repeals those provisions on January 1, 2029.
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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. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB777&version=20250SB77799INT)
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2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB777&version=20250SB77798AMD)
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3. **06/16/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB777&version=20250SB77797AMD)
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4. **07/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB777&version=20250SB77796AMD)
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5. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB777&version=20250SB77794CHP)
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6. **SB777** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB777)
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7. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB777&version=20250SB77795ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
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- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 777 Richardson Senate Third Reading By Berman — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- [05-23-2025] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB777 Richardson Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richardson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Set for hearing April 2.
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- **2025-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 638.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-16** April 21 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-04-17** Set for hearing April 28.
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- **2025-04-28** April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** May 23 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1213.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1496.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-16** 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`
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- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3171.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
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- **2025-09-11** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2851.) Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-09-12** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3064.) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3006.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 658, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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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/0a641603-ecb3-4324-8e8d-e2e06d2ec8a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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