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MN HF3490

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

Jamie Becker-finn

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Origin

House of Representatives

93rd Legislature 2023-2024

AI Summary

  • Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of calcified human remains, which includes cremated remains in containers, hydrolyzed remains in containers, and the calcified portion of a dead human body, excluding isolated teeth.

  • Allows donation of human remains without compensation to licensed health care providers, postsecondary educational institutions, law enforcement agencies, search and rescue units, or local emergency management organizations for medical, scientific, educational, or training purposes.

  • Permits recovery of reasonable expenses for processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, and final disposition of human remains for legitimate purposes described in the law.

  • Exempts sales of human remains that are incidental to the sale of real property, including burial plots, cemeteries, crypts, and other burial features.

  • Establishes violation of this prohibition as a felony offense, effective the day following final enactment and applying to crimes committed on or after that date.

Legislative Description

Calcified human remains sale prohibited, and felony offense established.

Last Action

Author added Gomez

4/4/2024

Committee Referrals

Public Safety Finance and Policy2/22/2024
Commerce Finance & Policy2/12/2024

Full Bill Text

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