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Sen. Williams introduces cemetery-protection bill to Rules Committee
Summary
Sen. Williams told the Senate Rules Committee he has worked with Sen. Hatchett for years on SB146, a bill he said would increase protections where graves are being disturbed and restore heirs’ access to maintain family plots.
Sen. Williams introduced SB146 to the Senate Rules Committee, describing it as a cemetery-protection measure he has worked on for several years with Sen. Hatchett. "This is a cemetery protection bill that I've been working on several years with Senator Hatchett," he said, adding it would expand protections where graves are being disturbed and give heirs access to maintain plots.
The measure, as described in committee, would clarify protections for cemeteries subject to disturbance and restore heirs’ ability to access and maintain family gravesites. Committee members did not ask follow-up questions during the limited presentation and no formal vote on SB146 was recorded at the meeting.
SB146 was introduced as part of a brief agenda that also included HB117 and SB239. The committee moved on to other business after the presentation; the chairman did not schedule a committee vote on SB146 during this session.
The committee adjourned after taking up additional items. There was no formal action on SB146 reported in the transcript.
