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Senate amends cemetery bill to require certificates of burial rights but drops county‑recording mandate
Summary
Senate Bill 158 was uncircled for debate and amended: sponsors removed a requirement to record burial certificates with county recorders and instead require organizations controlling cemeteries to provide purchasers a certificate of burial rights and adopt operational policies and recordkeeping procedures.
Senator Jenkins brought Senate Bill 158 to the floor and described local incidents motivating the bill, including a family turned away because a newly opened burial area’s lawn had not established. Jenkins said small, volunteer cemetery boards run many private or small municipal cemeteries and that the bill aims to…
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