BILL NUMBER:  AB 1864
  VETOED	DATE: 09/22/2016




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1864 without my signature.

This bill would add a statutory definition of "sudden unexplained
death in childhood" and requires coroners to notify parents or
responsible parties about the importance of taking tissue samples
when such an unexplained death occurs.

I vetoed AB 2029 because of my concern that creating a definition in
law for an unidentified cause of death, which lacks the consensus of
the scientific community, is premature. This concern remains. The
Center for Disease Control and Prevention has developed a Sudden
Death in the Young Case Registry, and is working with experts to
study the causes and risk factors for sudden death in children.

California would benefit from having the final results from the
national study before creating a state mandate on this issue.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.