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2012 SESSION
SB 8 Guardians; disposition of remains.
Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Guardians; disposition of remains. Grants both public and private guardians authority to make arrangements for the funeral and disposition of remains, including cremation, interment, entombment, memorialization, inurnment, or scattering of the cremains, or some combination thereof, if the guardian is not aware of any person that has been otherwise designated to make such arrangements. The bill also clarifies that such guardians may make such arrangements if the next of kin of the deceased does not wish to make the arrangements or cannot be located.
FULL TEXT
- 12/16/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100041D pdf
- 03/08/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB8ER) pdf
- 03/30/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/16/11 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100041D
- 12/16/11 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/12 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/12 Senate: Motion to reconsider reading dispensed agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/12 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/19/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/12 House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
- 02/27/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N)
- 02/27/12 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/12 House: Read second time
- 03/01/12 House: Read third time
- 03/01/12 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/01/12 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/01/12 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/12 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/12 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB8ER)
- 03/08/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/30/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 463 (effective 7/1/12)
- 03/30/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)