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Committee hears broad cemetery, disposition and 'human composting' bill; members ask for language fixes
Summary
A committee reviewed a broad bill to regulate human-composting services, tighten disinterment permit rules and protect family burial plots, and then paused to seek language changes to clarify property rights and liability.
A committee heard a wide-ranging bill that would regulate methods of human disposition, create procedures to protect family burial plots, and require licensing and inspection requirements for new services such as human composting.
The sponsor said the measure was designed to "put guardrails" in place after multiple high-profile failures elsewhere and within the state, including cases where remains were found at facilities that later abandoned operations. The bill would require licensing, inspections and performance standards for human-composting services, clarify the process and required permits for disturbing graves and…
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