2020 Summary of Legislation - Effective January 1, 2021

AB 2134 CHEN (CHAPTER 72, STATUTES OF 2020)

1.  Crematories: burning of flags.

This bill authorizes a crematory licensed by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to incinerate one or more American flags, separately from the cremation of human remains, in accordance with federal law, during the periods within one week before or after Presidents' Day and Veterans' Day, in addition to the other sanctioned flag burning periods listed in existing law.
(Amends Health and Safety Code section 8344.5)