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Senate amends SB 10 to trim fiscal uncertainty for registry of unidentified deceased persons
Summary
SB 10 (registry of unidentified deceased persons) was amended on Jan. 26 to remove a DNA-analysis requirement that generated a large fiscal note; sponsor described an adjusted first-year estimate of roughly $27,000 and about $12,000 annually thereafter.
Senator Nielsen presented Senate Bill 10 on Jan. 26, 1998, describing it as a response to constituent concern about unmarked or poorly documented burials. The bill would create a registry for unidentified deceased persons to help families locate burial sites and records.
Sponsor explanation and amendment: Senator Nielsen said the bill was prompted by a constituent who discovered an ancestor buried in an unmarked grave and who could not…
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