Jim Nielsen
- Republican
Author
Existing law regulates the custody, control, and interment of human remains. This bill would allow prescribed entities in possession of the cremated remains of a veteran, upon the request of a veterans' remains organization, as defined, to release specified information and remains to a veterans' remains organization for the purpose of interment if certain conditions are met. The bill would require the veterans' remains organization to take all reasonable steps to inter remains received. The bill would also exempt from civil liability, except for willful or wanton misconduct, an entity that releases information or remains after meeting the specified conditions and exempt from negligence a veterans' remains organization that receives and inters remains if the veterans' remains organization does not know or have reason to know that the remains were not released in compliance with the above conditions. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each county to designate an honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine in the county who has served in or with the army or navy of the United States, and shall cause to be decently interred the body of any veteran or widow of a veteran who dies in the county without having sufficient means to defray the expenses of burial, except as otherwise provided. This bill would require the board of supervisors of each county to designate an honorably discharged veteran of the United States military or a member of a veterans' remains organization who shall cause to be decently interred the body of any veteran or spouse or eligible dependent of a veteran as defined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for compensation purposes who dies in the county. This bill would encourage the board of supervisors of each county to designate personnel from a veterans' remains organization for that purpose. This bill would also require the specified entities to verify and inter unclaimed cremated remains of veterans in accordance with specified laws.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 189, Statutes of 2010.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6089.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4371.)
Read second time and amended. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (June 29).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on V.A.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4792.)
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 23).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Re-referred to Com. on JUD. by unanimous consent, and then be re-referred to Com. on V.A.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1644 | HTML |
| 01/12/10 - Introduced | |
| 03/11/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 03/17/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/06/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/02/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/02/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/12/10 - Enrolled | |
| 08/27/10 - Chaptered |
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