2023 Senate Bill 442

Cemeteries and funerals: other; refrigeration units inside crematories; require.

A bill to amend 1968 PA 251, entitled “Cemetery regulation act,” (MCL 456.521 to 456.543) by adding section 12b.

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Mandates that any cemetery owner who also owns a crematory, or the operator of such a cemetery, must install and maintain a refrigeration unit within the crematory for storing the bodies of deceased individuals.

Introduced in the Senate

June 28, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Kevin Hertel (D-12) and four co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Michael Webber (R-9), Paul Wojno (D-10), Sue Shink (D-14) and Erika Geiss (D-1)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs