BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 1251: Report of death

Improving the timeliness and accuracy of the issuance of a report of death.

Summary

Authorizes a state or local registrar to amend a report of death to correct demographic information upon receipt of an application from a decedent's immediate family within two years of the decedent's death.
Specifies that failing to timely produce a report of death as required by law, two or more times in a calendar year, is unprofessional conduct for purposes of the Uniform Disciplinary Act.

From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 1251), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to improving the timeliness and accuracy of the issuance of a report of death;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1251 (2023–24) Water system notices · Enacted · Chapter 140, Laws of 2023
HB 1251 (2021–22) Wheeled ATVs/state highways · Enacted · Chapter 121, Laws of 2021
HB 1251 (2019–20) Election security breaches · Enacted · Chapter 101, Laws of 2020
HB 1251 (2017–18) Youth counsel/dependency · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1251 (2015–16) Emergency med services levy · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1251 (2013–14) Opportunity scholarship brd · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1251 (2011–12) Budget reductions/education · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1251 (2009–10) Abstracts of driving records · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate