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House concurs with Senate amendments to bill on abuse of a dead body after debate on penalties
Summary
The Vermont House concurred in a Senate amendment to H.41, an act relating to abuse of a dead body, after a floor explanation and questions about lowering a felony to a civil penalty and protections for funeral providers and families.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment to H.41, an act relating to abuse of the dead body, after floor remarks explaining changes to penalty language and committee votes.
The bill’s sponsor on the floor, the member from West, described the change as a narrowing of criminal exposure for clerical or administrative errors by funeral providers and for families using green-burial options. The member from West said the revised language makes unauthorized burial, transport, or removal subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 rather than a five-year felony in every case.
The sponsor said the committee initially voted the bill out with the…
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