Committee hears broad cemetery, disposition and 'human composting' bill; members ask for language fixes

Mar 18, 2025

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.

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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.

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