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Committee adopts amendment and lays over bill setting statewide standards for green burials
Summary
Senate File 2819 would establish statewide requirements for natural or "green" burial sites (setbacks, minimum burial depths and distances from water) based on a Department of Health study; the committee adopted an amendment setting an effective date to coincide with the moratorium's expiration and laid the bill over for omnibus consideration.
Senate File 2819, carried by Senator Rehrig, would create a statewide regulatory framework for natural or "green" burial cemeteries, drawing from a Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) study and practices adopted in other states.
Senator Rehrig told the committee the bill responds to a 2023 moratorium on new green burial cemeteries and incorporates recommendations from the MDH study, including minimum burial depths (the bill uses a 3.5-foot…
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