(a) A cremated remains disposer who stores cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains in a reckless manner that results in either of the following is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment:

(1) Loss of all or part of the human remains.

(2) Inability to individually identify the human remains.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.

(Repealed (in Sec. 22) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 23. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)