Bill Text: CA AB1777 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Disposition of cremated remains.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 79, Statutes of 2012. [AB1777 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB1777-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1777 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 79
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 10, 2012
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 10, 2012
PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 25, 2012
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY APRIL 16, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ma
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
An act to add Section 7117.1 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to dead bodies.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1777, Ma. Disposition of cremated remains.
Existing law specifies the manner of disposition of cremated human
remains, including allowing the remains to be taken by boat or by
air, and scattered at sea, in accordance with specified procedures.
Existing law requires cremated remains to be removed from their
container before the remains are scattered at sea.
This bill, notwithstanding the requirement that cremated remains
be removed from their container before scattering, would authorize
the remains to be transferred from a durable container into a
scattering urn, as defined, no more than 7 days before scattering the
cremated remains at sea from a boat.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 7117.1 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
7117.1. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 7117,
cremated remains may be transferred from a durable container into a
scattering urn no more than seven days before scattering the cremated
remains at sea from a boat. For purposes of this section,
"scattering urn" means a closed container containing cremated remains
that will dissolve and release its contents within four hours of
being placed at sea.
(b) This section shall not be construed to allow the use of a
scattering urn when the cremated remains are to be scattered by a
plane over land or at sea.
