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Legislation


2001 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 299

File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Prior Year Introduction As: HB 58/00 - ENV Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 293
Sponsored By:
Senators DeGrange, Dorman, Green, Hooper, Jimeno, Middleton, Mitchell, Munson, and Stone
Entitled:
Criminal Law - Failure to Properly Bury or Dispose of a Body - Penalties

Synopsis:

Prohibiting an individual from burying or disposing of a human body except in a family burial plot or other area allowed by a local ordinance, in a crematorium, a cemetery, or a funeral establishment; and establishing specified penalties.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/29
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/7
Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
3/6
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CEMETERIES
CREMATION
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
DEATH -see also- ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES; WRONGFUL DEATH.
FUNERALS
LAWS AND ORDINANCES -see also- PUB LOCAL LAWS; UNIFORM LAWS.
PENALTIES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health - General
( 5-101 , 5-203 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered
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