Introduced
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To allow an individual to designate in a will or other advance directive a person to serve as a “funeral representative” to execute the decedent’s funeral arrangement directions, including the disposition of his or her remains.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
To revise a detail related to a decedent was in the military when he or she died.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To clarify that cemeteries and crematoriums would also rely on the designation the bill would authorize when determining who has authority to make arrangements for a decedent's final disposition.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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To establish that if enacted the bill will go into effect 90 days afterwards.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)
To allow an individual to designate in a will or other advance directive a person to serve as a “funeral representative” to execute the decedent’s funeral arrangement directions, including the disposition of his or her remains.
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)