Iowa 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SF 2135 — A bill for an act relating to the final disposition and disinterment of human remains. (Formerly SSB 3056.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.

Last action — Signed by Governor.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2020. Enacted.

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Senate File 2135 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 2135 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3056) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate February 27, 2020) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the final disposition and disinterment of human remains.
Senate File 2135 - Enrolled Senate File 2135 AN ACT RELATING TO THE FINAL DISPOSITION AND DISINTERMENT OF HUMAN REMAINS.
SF 2135 (4) 88 pf/rh/mb S.F.
Section 1.
2135 Section 1.
A permit for such disinterment and, thereafter, reinterment shall be issued by the state registrar according to rules adopted pursuant to chapter 17A or when ordered by the district court of the county in which such body is buried.
A permit for such disinterment and, thereafter, reinterment shall be issued by the state registrar according to Senate File 2135, p.
2 rules adopted pursuant to chapter 17A or when ordered by the district court of the county in which such body is buried.
Disinterment of a dead body or fetus for the purpose of reburial may be allowed by court order only upon a showing of substantial benefit to the public, and then only if supervised by a funeral director.
Disinterment of a dead body or fetus for the purpose of reburial may be allowed by court order only upon a showing of substantial benefit to the public, and then only if supervised by a funeral director .
Disinterment of a dead body or fetus for the purpose of autopsy or reburial by court order shall be allowed only when SF 2135 (4) 88 -1- pf/rh/mb 1/2 S.F.
Disinterment of a dead body or fetus for the purpose of autopsy or reburial by court order shall be allowed only when reasonable cause is shown that someone is criminally or civilly responsible for such death, after hearing, upon reasonable notice prescribed by the court to the person authorized to control the decedent’s remains under section 144C.5, and then only if supervised by a funeral director .
2135 reasonable cause is shown that someone is criminally or civilly responsible for such death, after hearing, upon reasonable notice prescribed by the court to the person authorized to control the decedent’s remains under section 144C.5, and then only if supervised by a funeral director .
A funeral director, an attorney, or any agent, owner, or employee of a funeral establishment, cremation establishment, cemetery, elder group home, assisted living program, adult day services program, or licensed hospice program shall not serve as a designee unless married to the declarant or related to the declarant within the third degree of consanguinity.
A funeral director, an attorney, or any agent, owner, or Senate File 2135, p.
SF 2135 (4) 88 -2- pf/rh/mb 2/2
3 employee of a funeral establishment, cremation establishment, cemetery, elder group home, assisted living program, adult day services program, or licensed hospice program shall not serve as a designee unless married to the declarant or related to the declarant within the third degree of consanguinity.
______________________________ ______________________________ CHARLES SCHNEIDER PAT GRASSLEY President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2135, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.
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CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2020 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor.

  2. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.

  3. Explanation of vote.

  4. Explanation of vote.

  5. Message from House.

  6. Immediate message.

  7. Passed House, yeas 97, nays none.

  8. Substituted for HF 2472.

  9. Message from House.

  10. Read first time, passed on file.

  11. Message from Senate.

  12. Immediate message.

  13. Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 3.

  14. Amendment S-5010 adopted.

  15. Amendment S-5026 lost.

  16. Amendment S-5026 filed.

  17. Deferred.

  18. Amendment S-5010 filed.

  19. Committee report, approving bill.

  20. Introduced, placed on calendar, under Rule 28.

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (150)

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