2003 Senate Bill 508 / Public Act 268

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Introduced in the Senate

May 21, 2003

Introduced by Sen. Alan Sanborn (R-11)

To provide sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed by Senate Bill 513 of failing to dispose of a human body as provided by written agreement (that is, proper burial or cremation by a cemetery or funeral home). This bill was introduced following a grisly 2002 incident where hundreds of discarded bodies were found unburied at a Georgia crematory.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

Oct. 2, 2003

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Oct. 7, 2003

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one which incorporates technical changes that do not affect the substance of the bill as previously describe.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Oct. 8, 2003

Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

Oct. 8, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice

Dec. 10, 2003

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Dec. 16, 2003

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one which incorporates technical changes that do not affect the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

To provide sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed by Senate Bill 513 of failing to dispose of a human body as provided by written agreement (that is, proper burial or cremation by a cemetery or funeral home). This bill was introduced following a grisly 2002 incident where hundreds of discarded bodies were found unburied at a Georgia crematory.

Received in the Senate

Dec. 17, 2003

Dec. 18, 2003

Passed in the Senate 34 to 0 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Dec. 31, 2003