Bill > S2155

Introduced Session

This bill amends current law regarding unclaimed bodies. Specifically, a county is given the option under the bill to cremate an unclaimed body and is assigned responsibility for payment of the cremation. The bill also stipulates that cremains are to be retained by a medical examiner's office for at least one year from the date of the cremation. After one year, the cremains may be interred. Additionally, the bill updates current law by allowing storage of an unclaimed dead body by a hospital or medical examiner. The body may be, at the expense of the county, buried by a morgue keeper or cremated if, after 30 days, it remains unclaimed. Lastly, if an individual makes a valid claim to a body or cremains already buried, the individual is to incur the cost of disinterment. If the medical examiner is to conduct an investigation on a body, any disinterment is to be paid for by the medical examiner.

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Paul Moriarty (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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