Proposed H.B. No. 5010
Session Year 2023

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF TERRAMATION FOR HUMAN REMAINS.

To allow for the use of terramation for the decomposition and elimination of human remains in order to create the most ecological means of a green funeral and to provide an alternate to greenhouse gas emissions created by cremation.

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