2008 House Bill 6200

Mandate funeral home veteran screening

Introduced in the House

June 4, 2008

Introduced by Rep. Martin Griffin (D-64)

To require funeral homes to make an effort to discover whether a person to be cremated was a veteran, and if so notify the family that free burial is available in a veterans cemetery.

Referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security

Sept. 10, 2008

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Sept. 18, 2008

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 107 to 0 (details)

To require funeral homes to make an effort to discover whether a person to be cremated was a veteran, and if so notify the family that free burial is available in a veterans cemetery.

Received in the Senate

Sept. 23, 2008

Referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs