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AL HB129
Bill
Status
6/1/2023
Primary Sponsor
Kenneth Paschal
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AI Summary
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Amends Alabama Code Section 34-13-122 to define "dignified and humane manner" for cremated remains disposition, including placement in mausoleums, crypts, vaults, columbarium niches, or inground sites.
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Requires funeral establishments to retain signed statements specifying ultimate disposition of cremated remains for five years and maintain records of actual disposition for five years.
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Mandates cremated remains be shipped only via methods with internal tracing systems and signed delivery receipts.
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Requires funeral establishments to make best efforts to identify unclaimed cremated remains belonging to United States military veterans eligible for veterans cemetery burial and permits disclosure of identifying information to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, and approved veterans service organizations.
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Allows eligible veteran remains to be transported to state or national veterans cemeteries for interment or released to approved veterans service organizations, with the funeral establishment discharged from legal liability upon disposition.
Legislative Description
Relating to funeral services; to amend Section 34-13-122, Code of Alabama 1975; to define dignified and humane manner for the disposition of cremated remains; and to mandate best efforts to identify the unclaimed cremated remains of Alabama veterans eligible for burial in a state or national military cemetery.
Related to funeral services, disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of veterans.
Last Action
Enacted
6/1/2023