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CA SB 777

enacted

Abandoned cemeteries: report.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 777 pass?

Yes. CA SB 777 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 658, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 777 about?

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. This bill would instead require the bureau to convene the workgroup on or before March 1, 2026, would revise the list of representatives required to be included in the workgroup, and would instead require the workgroup to discuss the possibility of requiring counties to assume responsibility for maintenance, irrigation, public works, and burial services for abandoned cemeteries. The bill would require the board to submit the report on June 1, 2026, and would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2027.

Who sponsors CA SB 777?

Richardson is the primary sponsor of CA SB 777.

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. This bill would instead require the bureau to convene the workgroup on or before March 1, 2026, would revise the list of representatives required to be included in the workgroup, and would instead require the workgroup to discuss the possibility of requiring counties to assume responsibility for maintenance, irrigation, public works, and burial services for abandoned cemeteries. The bill would require the board to submit the report on June 1, 2026, and would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2027.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 658, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Richardsonauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  4. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  6. 2025-03-26

    Set for hearing April 2.

  7. 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.

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  8. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 21.

  9. 2025-04-16

    April 21 hearing postponed by committee.

  10. 2025-04-17

    Set for hearing April 28.

  11. 2025-04-28

    April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  12. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  13. 2025-05-23

    May 23 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.

  14. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1213.) (May 23).

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  15. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1496.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  17. 2025-06-05

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  18. 2025-06-16

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

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  19. 2025-06-16

    Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and L. GOV.

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  20. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 8).

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  21. 2025-07-09

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  22. 2025-07-10

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  23. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).

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  24. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2025-09-10

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3171.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  26. 2025-09-10

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  27. 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.

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  28. 2025-09-11

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).

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  29. 2025-09-12

    From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3064.)

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  30. 2025-09-12

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3006.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  31. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  32. 2025-10-11

    Approved by the Governor.

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  33. 2025-10-11

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 658, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 06/16/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-16Compare
  • 07/09/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-09Compare
  • 09/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-18Compare
  • 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
  • SB777Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-02 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Seyarto: no
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-04-28 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Dahle: other
  • [05-23-2025] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: other
  • 3rd Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Reyes: other
    • Wahab: other
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 17-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
  • Do pass.

    2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
  • SB 777 Richardson Senate Third Reading By Berman

    2025-09-10 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Mark González: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Tangipa: other
  • That the Assembly amendments be concurred in

    2025-09-12 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Weber Pierson: other
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: other
    • Menjivar: other
  • Unfinished Business SB777 Richardson Concurrence

    2025-09-12 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Choi: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Gonzalez: other

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