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Senator Williams introduces cemetery-protection bill to give heirs access to maintain gravesites
Summary
Senator Williams introduced SB146, a cemetery protection bill he said he has worked on for years with Senator Hatchett; the bill would add protections where graves are being disturbed and give heirs the ability to maintain plots. There was no committee action recorded on SB146.
Senator Williams introduced SB146 to the Senate Rules Committee as "the cemetery protection bill" he has worked on for several years with Senator Hatchett, saying the proposal would add more protections where graves are being disturbed and would "give heirs accessibility to go maintain them."
The chair asked if there were questions; no substantive questions were raised. Senator Rhett interjected a colloquial remark, asking, "Why are you always trying to bury people?" to which Williams replied, "That's what I do." The exchange was recorded in the transcript as brief and jocular; no amendments, formal motions, or votes on SB146 were recorded during this meeting.
The transcript does not show SB146 being taken up for a do-pass motion in this session; later committee business focused on SB239, HB117 and SR563. The bill was introduced in committee and remains at the committee discussion stage in the transcript provided.
