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MD SB624

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2025

Primary Sponsor

Clarence Lam

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires persons seeking to permanently relocate human remains from a burial site to obtain approval from the Office of Cemetery Oversight before seeking authorization from a State's Attorney

  • Establishes notice requirements including posting at the burial site, publishing in a newspaper of general circulation, and notifying potential descendants at least 30 days before submitting an application

  • Allows any person to request an informational meeting about a relocation application within 30 days of notice publication; meeting may be canceled if all requesters withdraw

  • Provides a 90-day delay period when a family member or direct descendant of the decedent requests to reinter remains for which a relocation application has already been filed

  • Directs all fines and application fees collected under these provisions to the Cemetery Oversight Fund, with an effective date of October 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relocation of Human Remains - Authorization Process

Records

Last Action

Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)

2/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Judicial Proceedings1/29/2025

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