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SB 951 Dead bodies; disposition of remains or burial of decedent.

Introduced by: Kenneth C. Alexander | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Disposition of dead bodies. Clarifies the role of a person other than a decedent's next of kin, a person designated to make arrangements for the decedent's burial or the disposition of his remains, an agent named in an advance directive, or a court-appointed guardian to make decisions regarding the disposition of a decedent's remains. The bill defines "disposition" as the burial, interment, entombment, cremation, or other authorized disposition of a dead body. The bill also clarifies the definition of next of kin.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100228D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/17/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15105158D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB951ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/27/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100228D
• 01/09/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/19/15  Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N)
• 01/19/15  Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
• 01/29/15  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/15  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/03/15  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/06/15  House: Read first time
• 02/06/15  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/10/15  House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
• 02/12/15  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/15  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15105158D-H1
• 02/18/15  House: Read second time
• 02/19/15  House: Read third time
• 02/19/15  House: Committee substitute agreed to 15105158D-H1
• 02/19/15  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB951H1
• 02/19/15  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/15  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/15  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/15  Senate: Title replaced 15105158D-H1
• 02/25/15  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/25/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB951ER)
• 02/25/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/26/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/26/15  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/26/15
• 02/26/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 03/27/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 670 (effective 7/1/15)
• 03/27/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)