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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5752

SB 5752: Funeral services

Concerning funeral services.

Summary

  • Makes technical, clarifying, and substantive changes to the funeral, cemetery, and vital records statutes.
  • Creates an academic internship at funeral establishments and terminates apprenticeships, and creates application requirements for examinations.
  • Changes the makeup of the Cemetery Board, creates investment requirements, and changes the rights to unoccupied cemetery spaces.
  • Consolidates the right to control the disposition of human remains, creates a Cemetery Account in the State Treasury, and alters the vital records and filing requirements of the existing law.

From the Substitute House Bill Report (SSB 5752), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Enacted Enacted · Chapter 365, Laws of 2005
  1. IntroducedFeb 4, 2005
  2. Out of committeeMar 1, 2005
  3. Passed SenateMar 10, 2005
  4. Passed HouseApr 6, 2005
  5. GovernorMay 10, 2005
  6. LawMay 10, 2005
Prime sponsor
Margarita Prentice (D-11)
Introduced
February 4, 2005 in the Senate
Last action
May 10, 2005
Session law
Chapter 365, Laws of 2005
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5752, SSB 5752

AN ACT Relating to funeral directors and cemeteries;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Margarita Prentice (D-11)

2 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 1 Republican)

Senator R-15Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36

Votes

Senate · 3rd Reading & Final Passage

Passed March 10, 2005
Version voted on: SSB 5752
47 Yea 0 Nay 1 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat24011
Republican23000
How each member voted

Yea (47)

Absent (1)

Excused (1)

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House · Final Passage as Amended by the House

Passed April 6, 2005
Version voted on: SSB 5752
94 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 4 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat54002
Republican40002
How each member voted

Yea (94)

Excused (4)

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Senate · Final Passage as Amended by the House

Passed April 16, 2005
Version voted on: SSB 5752
41 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 8 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat25001
Republican16007
How each member voted
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History

  1. Effective date 7/24/2005. (SSB 5752)
  2. Chapter 365, 2005 Laws. (SSB 5752)
  3. Governor signed. (SSB 5752)
  4. Delivered to Governor. (SSB 5752)
  5. Speaker signed. (SSB 5752)
  6. President signed. (SSB 5752)
  7. Passed final passage; yeas, 41; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 8. (SSB 5752)
  8. Senate concurred in House amendments. (SSB 5752)
  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. (SSB 5752)
  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (SSB 5752)
  11. Committee amendment adopted with no other amendments. (SSB 5752)
  12. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 5752)
  13. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5752)
  14. CL - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). (SSB 5752)
  15. First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. (SSB 5752)
  16. Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 1. (SSB 5752)
  17. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (SSB 5752)
  18. 1st substitute bill substituted. (SSB 5752)
  19. 1st substitute bill substituted.
  20. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 5752)
  21. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  22. Made eligible to be placed on second reading. (SSB 5752)
  23. Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
  24. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5752)
  25. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  26. LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5752)
  27. LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  28. First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.

SB 5752 in other sessions

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