Relating to the final disposition of remains

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
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   Done: House committeeJanuary 28, 2025
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 11, 202591–0
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   Done: Senate committeeApril 3, 2025
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   Done: Passes the SenateApril 9, 202547–0
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   Done: To the GovernorApril 17, 2025
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   Done: Signed into lawApril 18, 2025

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

Amendments · 2

1 adopted · 1 failed. Newest first.

• S-3091 · filed April 9, 2025 by Sen. Tony Bisignano (D)

  AI summary This amendment changes the wording from "either" to "either any" and adds a rule that the person in charge must not have already made final arrangements for the deceased person's remains within one year of their death. Its wording →
  Failed
  April 9, 2025
• H-1048 · filed March 10, 2025 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule that a person loses their authority to control a body if they are charged with first or second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter related to the person's death and those charges are known to a third party. It also states that authority is lost if the person does not act within twenty-four hours of being notified of the death or within forty hours of the death, whichever comes first. Its wording →
  Adopted
  March 11, 2025