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HB 907: Funeral & Cemetery Services

GENERAL BILL by Detert ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gibson ; Greenstein ; Homan ; Kendrick ; Paul ; Richardson ; Spratt ; Stansel ; Zapata

Funeral & Cemetery Services; provides dimension & spacing standards for grave spaces; provides requirements for identification of human remains in licensed cemeteries; expands exemption from required certificate of authority for certain religious-institution-owned cemeteries to include sale & opening or closing of cremation interment containers to members & family members of religious institution, etc. Amends 497.005,.405,.419,.436; creates 497.306,.307.

Effective Date: 07/01/2003
Last Action: 5/2/2003 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/28/2003 House • Prefiled
    3/4/2003 House • Introduced -HJ 00079
    3/7/2003 House • Referred to Banking & Securities (COM); Commerce -HJ 00164
    3/13/2003 House • On Subcommittee agenda-- Banking & Securities (COM), 03/17/03, 4:30 pm, 404-H
    3/17/2003 House • Recommendation: Favorable by Banking & Securities (COM); YEAS 6 NAYS 0; Now in Commerce
    3/20/2003 House • On Committee agenda-- Commerce, 03/24/03, 3:00 pm, 404-H
    3/24/2003 House • Favorable by- Commerce; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 00255
    3/25/2003 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 00255
    5/2/2003 House • Died on Calendar

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  • HB 907, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2003 at 12:24 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce (Post-Meeting) (pdf)
    Commerce (Post-Meeting) (pdf)
    Commerce (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 1641 Dean Compare Last Action: 5/2/2003 H Died on Calendar
    Location:
    S 2016 (e2) Funeral & Cemetery Services Pruitt Compare Last Action: 5/2/2003 H Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted for HB 495 -HJ 01099; Read second time -HJ 01099; Read third time -HJ 01103; Temporarily postponed on third reading; On Unfinished Business -HJ 01103; Died on Calendar
    Location:

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    497.005 Definitions.
    497.306
    497.307
    497.405 Certificate of authority required.
    497.419 Cancellation of, or default on, preneed contracts.
    497.436 Inactive and revoked certificateholders.

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