Who sponsors SB 1312?

SB 1312 is sponsored by Richardson, Laura (Democratic).

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California 20252026 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

SB 1312 — Cemeteries.

Last action September 08, 2026 — Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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Passed Senate
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Passed Assembly
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To Executive
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Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 20, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 64% · moderate confidence

To Executive

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

In plain language

The bill addresses regulations related to cemeteries.

This bill introduces provisions regarding cemeteries, likely affecting their operation and management. It outlines how cemeteries must comply with specific regulations.

Summary

Cemeteries.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/27/26 - Chaptered html September 27, 2026
Enrolled 09/02/26 - Enrolled html September 02, 2026
Amended 08/21/26 - Amended Assembly html August 21, 2026
Amended 08/13/26 - Amended Assembly html August 13, 2026
Amended 06/18/26 - Amended Assembly Current pdf June 18, 2026
Introduced 02/20/26 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2026
SB1312 View text html

Action History

September 08, 2026
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
August 30, 2026
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
August 26, 2026
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.)
August 26, 2026
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
August 26, 2026
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
August 25, 2026
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
August 25, 2026
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
August 21, 2026
Ordered to third reading.
August 21, 2026
Read third time and amended.
August 17, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 13, 2026
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 13, 2026
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 13).
August 13, 2026
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
August 05, 2026
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
July 02, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 23, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 17. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
June 18, 2026
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
May 26, 2026
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
May 20, 2026
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
May 20, 2026
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4377.) Ordered to the Assembly.
April 28, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
April 27, 2026
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
April 17, 2026
Set for hearing April 27.
April 13, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3841.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 08, 2026
Set for hearing April 13.
March 04, 2026
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
February 23, 2026
Read first time.
February 23, 2026
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
February 20, 2026
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Richardson, Laura Democratic

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB1312 Richardson Concurrence

August 30, 2026

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	30	0	0	0
Republican	9	0	0	1
Total	39	0	0	1
% of votes cast	98%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
McNerney, Jerry	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Pérez, Sasha Renée	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Not Voting
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Committee vote — Committee CS42 — Committee vote

August 26, 2026

Passed 8 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	6	0	0	2
Republican	2	1	0	0
Total	8	1	0	2
% of votes cast	73%	9%	0%	18%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Not Voting
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Nay
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

That the Assembly amendments be concurred in

August 26, 2026

Passed 8 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	6	0	0	2
Republican	2	1	0	0
Total	8	1	0	2
% of votes cast	73%	9%	0%	18%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Not Voting
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Not Voting
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Nay
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

SB 1312 Richardson Senate Third Reading By Connolly

August 25, 2026

Passed 61 Yea · 9 Nay · 9 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	2	9	0	7
Democratic	52	0	0	2
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	0
Total	61	9	0	9
% of votes cast	77%	11%	0%	11%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Patterson	—	Yea
Ávila Farías	—	Yea
Rivas	—	Yea
Carrillo	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Garcia	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Patel, Darshana R.	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Celeste	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Michelle	Democratic	Yea
Rogers, Chris	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Schultz, Nick	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Not Voting
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Not Voting
Castillo, Leticia	Republican	Not Voting
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Nay
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Nay
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Not Voting
Ellis, Stan	Republican	Nay
Flora, Heath	Republican	Nay
Gonzalez, Jeff	Republican	Nay
Hadwick, Heather	Republican	Nay
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Nay
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Not Voting
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Nay
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Nay
Ta, Tri	Republican	Not Voting
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Not Voting
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	10	0	0	1
Republican	1	1	0	2
Total	11	1	0	3
% of votes cast	73%	7%	0%	20%

Member	Party	Vote
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Not Voting
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Nay
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Not Voting
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Not Voting

Committee vote — Committee CX15 — Committee vote

July 01, 2026

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	6	0	0	2
Republican	0	1	0	1
Total	6	1	0	3
% of votes cast	60%	10%	0%	30%

How each member voted (10)

Member	Party	Vote
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Not Voting
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Not Voting
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Nay
Ta, Tri	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

June 23, 2026

Passed 17 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	14	0	0	0
Republican	3	2	0	0
Total	17	2	0	0
% of votes cast	89%	11%	0%	0%

How each member voted (19)

Member	Party	Vote
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Hadwick, Heather	Republican	Nay
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Nay
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	9	0	0	1
Democratic	29	0	0	1
Total	38	0	0	2
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 13, 2026

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	8	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	1
Total	10	0	0	1
% of votes cast	91%	0%	0%	9%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Not Voting
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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What does SB 1312 do?: Cemeteries.
Who sponsors SB 1312?: SB 1312 is sponsored by Richardson, Laura (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 1312?: This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 20, 2026. It awaits signature.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 1312
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 20252026 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 20, 2026
Status: To Executive
Prime sponsor: Richardson, Laura

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