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IL SB3280
Bill
Status
1/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sara Feigenholtz
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AI Summary
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Amends the Cemetery Oversight Act to expand the definition of "religious cemetery" to include cemeteries where at least 70% of annual interments and entombments for each of the preceding 2 calendar years are made according to the practices of a single recognized church, religious society, association, or denomination.
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Changes the definition from cemeteries "owned, operated, controlled, and managed by" a religious organization to include cemeteries that meet the 70% religious interment threshold regardless of ownership structure.
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Establishes a two-year lookback period (preceding 2 calendar years) to determine whether a cemetery qualifies as "religious" based on actual burial practices and patterns.
Legislative Description
CEMETERY OVERSIGHT-RELIGIOUS
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/7/2025