Senate Business and Labor advances interim study on funeral services, alternative dispositions

Representative Denise Baum (House District 45) presented House Joint Resolution No. 27 on behalf of constituents seeking alternatives to traditional burial and cremation, and the Senate Business and Labor Committee voted to pass the resolution in executive action. The measure requests an interim study into morticians, funeral services, licensing and emerging final-disposition methods including natural organic reduction and alkaline hydrolysis.

Baum told the committee HJ 27 grew out of constituent experience with multiple family deaths and a desire for more time to grieve and for additional disposition options. "I bring before this committee today HJ 27, which is a request for an interim study on morticians and funeral services along with studying alternative final dispositions such as natural organic reduction and alkaline hydrolysis," she said. Baum said boards anticipate bringing…