Bill > A5926

Introduced Session

This bill allows cremated pet remains to be interred alongside human remains in a cemetery. The interment of cremated pet remains shall take place simultaneously with the interment of human remains, and a cemetery company must provide written approval for the interment of cremated pet remains. The cemetery shall provide a list of any charges related to the interment to the customer Cremated pet remains cannot be interred in a columbarium or public mausoleum. The bill defines "cremated pet remains" as the recoverable bone fragments and container residue resulting from the process of cremation of a pet. The bill allows a cemetery company to deny the interment of cremated pet remains in the cemetery.

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Carol Murphy (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee (on 11/18/2019)

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