Todd Gloria
- Democratic
- Mayor
- None
Author
The Cemetery and Funeral Act provides for the licensure and regulation of cemeteries, crematoria, 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 requires a local registrar of births and deaths to issue permits for the disposition of cremated remains. This bill, commencing July 1, 2020, would require the bureau to license and regulate hydrolysis facilities, as defined, and hydrolysis facility managers, and would enact requirements applicable to hydrolysis facilities substantially similar to those applicable to crematoria. 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 an applicant for a hydrolysis facility license to present to the bureau any state or locally required permits for business operations, prove that it has the appropriate permits and contracts for the disposal of hydrolysate, and employ a hydrolysis chamber approved by the State Department of Public Health, as specified. The bill would require the application for a hydrolysis facility license to be made in writing on the form prescribed by the bureau and accompanied by a licensing fee, which would be deposited into the Cemetery and Funeral Fund. The bill also would authorize the bureau to impose an additional charge to be fixed at not more than $8.50 per hydrolysis made during the preceding quarter. By depositing moneys in a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require a local registrar of births or deaths to issue permits for the disposition of hydrolyzed 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for specified reasons.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 846, Statutes of 2017.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 3542.).
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3535.)
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 3002.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Joint Rule 61(a)(14) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2737.)
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 21).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 1965.)
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 26).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 25).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB967 | HTML |
| 02/16/17 - Introduced | |
| 04/18/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/02/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/10/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/28/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/13/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/08/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/12/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/19/17 - Enrolled | |
| 10/15/17 - Chaptered |
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