California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 1 D cosponsors

AB 2592 — Reduction of human remains and the disposition of reduced human remains.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

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. This bill, commencing July 1, 2023, would require the bureau to license and regulate reduction facilities, as defined, and would enact requirements applicable to reduction facilities substantially similar to those applicable to crematoria and hydrolysis facilities. By expanding the definition of crimes relating to the disposition of human remains and creating new crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the application for a reduction facility license to be made in writing on the form prescribed by the bureau and accompanied by a licensing fee. The bill would also require a licensed reduction facility to pay a specified fee to the bureau for every reduction during the preceding quarter. The bill would require the bureau, on or before July 1, 2023, to set the licensing and renewal fees and the per reduction fees in amounts that cumulatively do not exceed the reasonable costs of administering the licensing program and would cap the per reduction fee at a maximum of $8.50 per reduction. By depositing moneys in a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. This bill, on or before July 1, 2023, would require the State Department of Public Health to adopt rules and regulations prescribing the standards for reduction chambers to preserve the public health and safety and to ensure the destruction of pathogenic micro-organisms. The bill would authorize the State Department of Public Health to accept applications for approval of reduction chambers for use in the state and to charge a reduction chamber manufacturer a regulatory fee for the evaluation of a reduction chamber, as specified. Existing law requires a local registrar of births and deaths to issue permits for the disposition of cremated and hydrolyzed remains. The bill would require a local registrar of births or deaths to issue permits for the disposition of reduced human remains. By increasing the duties of local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. 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.

  5. Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  6. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 4719.)

  8. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 4700.)

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (June 3).

  12. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 1.) (May 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

  15. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.

  16. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  17. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  18. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 121 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Leyva — Yea
Bates — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

AB 2592 Cristina Garcia Assembly Third Reading

Passed 69 Yea · 1 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 21001
Unaffiliated 44106
Republican 4002
Total 69109
% of votes cast 87%1%0%11%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Smith — Yea
Weber — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Burke — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Salas — Yea
Fong — Yea
Levine — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Medina — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Ting — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chau — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Brough — Nay
Quirk — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Kiley — Not Voting
Diep — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 15 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6000
Unaffiliated 8102
Republican 1000
Total 15102
% of votes cast 83%6%0%11%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Fong — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Nay
Voepel — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 17 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13100
Democratic 4000
Republican 0001
Total 17101
% of votes cast 89%5%0%5%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Medina — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Fong — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Low — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Ting — Yea
Brough — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety health-insurance
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2592 do?
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. This bill, commencing July 1, 2023, would require the bureau to license and regulate reduction facilities, as defined, and would enact requirements applicable to reduction facilities substantially similar to those applicable to crematoria and hydrolysis facilities. By expanding the definition of crimes relating to the disposition of human remains and creating new crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the application for a reduction facility license to be made in writing on the form prescribed by the bureau and accompanied by a licensing fee. The bill would also require a licensed reduction facility to pay a specified fee to the bureau for every reduction during the preceding quarter. The bill would require the bureau, on or before July 1, 2023, to set the licensing and renewal fees and the per reduction fees in amounts that cumulatively do not exceed the reasonable costs of administering the licensing program and would cap the per reduction fee at a maximum of $8.50 per reduction. By depositing moneys in a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. This bill, on or before July 1, 2023, would require the State Department of Public Health to adopt rules and regulations prescribing the standards for reduction chambers to preserve the public health and safety and to ensure the destruction of pathogenic micro-organisms. The bill would authorize the State Department of Public Health to accept applications for approval of reduction chambers for use in the state and to charge a reduction chamber manufacturer a regulatory fee for the evaluation of a reduction chamber, as specified. Existing law requires a local registrar of births and deaths to issue permits for the disposition of cremated and hydrolyzed remains. The bill would require a local registrar of births or deaths to issue permits for the disposition of reduced human remains. By increasing the duties of local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors AB 2592?
AB 2592 is sponsored by Garcia, Robert (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2592?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 2592?
Track AB 2592 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on AB 2592

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of AB 2592

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →