2006 House Bill 5836 / Public Act 301

Revise funeral arrangement authority

Introduced in the House

March 7, 2006

Introduced by Rep. Bruce Caswell (R-58)

To revise the provisions of the state public health code that defines which persons are entitled to make funeral and burial arrangements for a deceased individual to reflect <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2005-HB-4868">changes</a> in the state estates and protected individuals code. See House Bill 4870 for details.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

March 29, 2006

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 3, 2006

Amendment offered

To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4870, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4870 would establish the order of priority in which family members are entitled to make funeral and burial arrangements for a deceased relative.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Substitute offered by Rep. Bruce Caswell (R-58)

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

May 4, 2006

Passed in the House 105 to 0 (details)

Received in the Senate

May 9, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

June 22, 2006

Reported without amendment

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

June 28, 2006

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. Also, to establish that the law authorizing the state to accept cadavers for medical research, so it specifies that these be given to one of the state's three research universities (UM, MSU and Wayne State).

The substitute passed by voice vote

June 29, 2006

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To revise the provisions of the state public health code that defines which persons are entitled to make funeral and burial arrangements for a deceased individual to reflect changes in the state estates and protected individuals code. See House Bill 4870 for details.

Received in the House

June 29, 2006

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Passed in the House 104 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

July 18, 2006