Cremation
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cemeteries - Burial-Transit Permits - Required Information [SB-224]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a person in charge of a cemetery to write on a burial-transit permit, the date of final disposition, the name and physical address of the cemetery, the burial, inurnment or scattering section and the lot and space number, or if the body or fetus was cremated and a certain authorizing agent takes control of the cremains, the name and address of the authorizing agent and the authorizing agent's relationship to the deceased or fetus.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 106 on 04/09/2024
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)
Cremation. [HB-2081]
Cremation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Laurin Hendrix
Chapter 22 on 03/29/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Cremations - Natural Organic Reduction - Regulation [HB-1060]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to adopt regulations establishing a process for regulating crematories that utilize natural organic reduction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Building Performance Standards – Fossil Fuel Use and Electric–Ready Standards [HB-1134]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before January 1, 2024, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all energy demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels and an electric-ready standard for certain buildings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Study on Deathcare and Funeral Practices [HB-869]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Department of Labor, to conduct a study of the environmental and public health impacts of deathcare and funeral practices in the State; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Motion Special Order Until 4/10 (senator Gallion) Adopted on 04/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Cemeteries - Interment - Pet Remains [HB-676]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Making certain provisions of law governing cemeteries applicable to pet cemeteries; providing that a certain registered cemeterian, registered crematory operator, or permit holder who sells or offers to sell to the public certain services for pet remains owes a duty of perpetual care for the cemetery in which certain pet remains are interred; and requiring the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight to adopt regulations to enforce certain provisions of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 591 on 05/08/2023
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - First Regular Session (2023)
Funeral services; DHS; advisory committee [SB-1210]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Funeral services; DHS; advisory committee
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Kaiser
Chapter 194 on 06/20/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Elections – Voter Registry – Notification and Removal of Deceased Individuals [HB-169]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to make arrangements with crematories, morticians, and funeral directors in the State to receive reports of names and addresses of individuals who were Maryland residents at least 16 years of age at the time they died and who died within the preceding 30 days; requiring, at least once every 30 days, the State Administrator to transmit the names and addresses of the deceased individuals to the appropriate local boards of elections; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
State Anatomy Board - Claimed Cremated Remains - Provision Without Payment of Costs [SB-784]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Anatomy Board to provide the cremains of a decedent cremated through the State cremation process in a suitable container to a relative of the decedent without requiring the relative to pay any costs if the cremains have not been buried at the State burial grounds and the relative can show hardship.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act) [SB-486]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring an essential employer to give a written statement regarding certain hazard pay paid to certain essential workers at certain intervals; requiring an essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; authorizing an essential worker to refuse to fulfill a certain responsibility under certain circumstances; prohibiting an essential employer from retaliating or taking other adverse action against an essential worker or other worker for certain actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act) [HB-581]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring each essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; providing that an essential worker has the right to refuse to perform a certain task as provided under certain provisions of law; requiring essential employers to take certain steps to minimize the risk of transmission of an infectious disease; requiring essential employers to report certain test results to the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Department to categorize and the publish the results; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 736 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Notification, Disposition, and Reporting [HB-604]
[Veterans ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Specifying that the purpose for which licensed funeral establishments and holders of certain permits are authorized to transfer unclaimed cremains of a veteran or an eligible dependent to a veterans service organization under certain circumstances is for the appropriate disposition of the cremains; requiring a funeral establishment or crematory to transfer certain cremains to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the appropriate disposition of the cremains; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 338 on 05/18/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Funeral Establishments and Crematories – Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans – Notification, Disposition, and Reporting [SB-180]
[Veterans ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Specifying that the purpose for which licensed funeral establishments and holders of certain permits are authorized to transfer unclaimed cremains of a veteran or an eligible dependent to a veterans service organization under certain circumstances is for the appropriate disposition of the cremains; requiring a funeral establishment or crematory to transfer certain cremains to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the appropriate disposition of the cremains; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 339 on 05/18/2021
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Funeral Directors, Morticians, and Crematory Operators - Disposition of Body by Cremation - Requirement and Liability [SB-1000]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a certain practitioner to dispose of the body of a decedent by cremation if the practitioner receives a certain authorizing document; prohibiting a certain practitioner from requesting or soliciting the consent of certain persons or considering the objection of certain persons to the cremation of a certain body before cremating a certain body if the practitioner received a certain document; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/16/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Forfeiture or Waiver of Right of Disposition [SB-147]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Adding an adult grandchild of a certain decedent to the list of persons who have the right to arrange for the final disposition of the body of the decedent; requiring a person to forfeit the right of final disposition of the body of a decedent and that the right pass to the next qualifying person under certain circumstances; providing that a certain person's right of disposition may be restored under certain circumstances; authorizing a person to waive the right of final disposition; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 231 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Forfeiture or Waiver of Right of Disposition [HB-218]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Adding an adult grandchild of a certain decedent to the list of persons who have the right to arrange for the final disposition of the body of the decedent; requiring a person to forfeit the right of final disposition of a decedent and that right pass to the next qualifying person under certain circumstances; providing that a certain person's right of disposition may be restored under certain circumstances; authorizing a person to waive the right of final disposition; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 232 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Disposition [SB-433]
[Veterans ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring licensed funeral establishments or holders of permits for the business of operating a crematory in the possession of unclaimed cremated human remains for 90 days or more to provide identifying information to specified veterans service organizations to determine if the unclaimed cremains are those of a veteran or an eligible dependent; requiring specified veterans service organizations to make a specified notification of specified information within 45 days of receipt of the identifying information of the unclaimed cremains; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 349 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Health - Burial or Disposal of Body - Requirements and Penalties [HB-431]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual from burying or disposing of a body except in a specified manner; and establishing a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both, for violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 419 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Office of Cemetery Oversight - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Crematories - Fees [HB-190]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that specified fees, provided for by a specified process established by the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight for regulating crematories, apply to specified persons; prohibiting the Director from charging a registered cemeterian or holder of a permit to engage in the operation of a cemetery an additional fee for registration as a crematory operator or issuance of a permit to operate a crematory; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/17/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Funeral Establishments - Care and Custody of Human Remains [HB-1062]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that care and custody by a funeral establishment begins and ends when specified activities occur for human remains intended for final disposition by interment at a cemetery, final disposition by cremation, or final disposition outside the State; and defining "care and custody".
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/20/2015