Introduced by Sen. Alan Sanborn R- 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. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 21, 2003
Reported in the Senate on October 2, 2003
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the Senate on October 7, 2003
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which incorporates technical changes that do not affect the substance of the bill as previously describe.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on October 7, 2003
Referred to the House Criminal Justice Committee on October 8, 2003
Reported in the House on December 10, 2003
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the House on December 16, 2003
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which incorporates technical changes that do not affect the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on December 16, 2003