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2003 Senate Bill 508 (House Roll Call 743)

Passed in the House (108 to 0) on December 16, 2003, to provide sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed by Senate Bill 513 of failing to dispose of a human body as provided by written agreement (that is, proper burial or cremation by a cemetery or funeral home). This bill was introduced following a grisly 2002 incident where hundreds of discarded bodies were found unburied at a Georgia crematory. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 108 in favor, 0 opposed, and 2 not voting
(House Roll Call 743 at House Journal 94)

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47 total votes
Legislators (Republican)
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63 total votes

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The following legislators supported 2003 Senate Bill 508:

Accavitti (D) Acciavatti (R) Adamini (D) Amos (R) Anderson (D) Bieda (D)
Bisbee (R) Bradstreet (R) Brandenburg (R) Brown (D) Byrum (D) Casperson (R)
Caswell (R) Caul (R) Cheeks (D) Clack (D) Condino (D) Dennis (D)
DeRoche (R) DeRossett (R) Drolet (R) Ehardt (R) Elkins (D) Emmons (R)
Farhat (R) Farrah (D) Gaffney (R) Garfield (R) Gieleghem (D) Gillard (D)
Gleason (D) Hager (R) Hardman (D) Hart (R) Hood (D) Hoogendyk (R)
Hopgood (D) Howell (R) Huizenga (R) Hummel (R) Hune (R) Hunter (D)
Jamnick (D) Johnson, Rick (R) Johnson, Ruth (R) Julian (R) Koetje (R) Kolb (D)
Kooiman (R) LaJoy (R) LaSata (R) Law (D) Lipsey (D) McConico (D)
Meisner (D) Meyer (R) Middaugh (R) Milosch (R) Minore (D) Moolenaar (R)
Mortimer (R) Murphy (D) Newell (R) Nitz (R) Nofs (R) O'Neil (D)
Paletko (D) Palmer (R) Palsrok (R) Pappageorge (R) Pastor (R) Phillips (D)
Plakas (D) Pumford (R) Reeves (D) Richardville (R) Rivet (D) Robertson (R)
Rocca (R) Sak (D) Shackleton (R) Shaffer (R) Sheen (R) Sheltrown (D)
Shulman (R) Smith (D) Spade (D) Stahl (R) Stakoe (R) Stallworth (D)
Steil (R) Stewart (R) Tabor (R) Taub (R) Tobocman (D) Vagnozzi (D)
Van Regenmorter (R) VanderVeen (R) Voorhees (R) Walker (R) Ward (R) Waters (D)
Wenke (R) Williams (D) Wojno (D) Woodward (D) Woronchak (R) Zelenko (D)

The following legislators opposed 2003 Senate Bill 508:

The following legislators did not vote on 2003 Senate Bill 508:

Daniels (D) Whitmer (D)

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1) 2003 Senate Bill 508 [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on May 21, 2003, to provide sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed by Senate Bill 513 of failing to dispose of a human body as provided by written agreement (that is, proper burial or cremation by a cemetery or funeral home). This bill was introduced following a grisly 2002 incident where hundreds of discarded bodies were found unburied at a Georgia crematory

The vote was 36 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 445 at Senate Journal 82)

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