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Committee modernizes columbarium rules, clears bill to allow broader building materials
Summary
House Bill 103 would update state permitting and material standards for columbarium construction; lawmakers advanced the measure unanimously after sponsor and cemetery officials said the statute dates from 1957 and does not reflect modern construction options.
House Bill 103, which updates state language governing columbarium construction, passed the Labor, Health & Social Services Committee without opposition after sponsors said current law dates to 1957 and prevents reasonable modernization.
Representative Sherwood, sponsor of the bill, told the committee a constituent and local cemetery officials raised the issue after a permit for a new columbarium was denied under the existing…
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