Funeral Directors; organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; provide
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, so as to provide for the organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, so as to provide for the organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; to amend Titles 10, 31, and 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade, health, and local government, respectively, so as to require a disposition permit for the organic human reduction of a dead human body or fetus; to provide for relat
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Where it is
Senate Hopper · Feb 21, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 24, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 28, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 4, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 31, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 9, 2025
Act 82 · May 9, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-31 · yea 157, nay 4, notVoting 3, excused 16
PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-04 · yea 52, nay 1, notVoting 1, excused 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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