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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 700

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authorization for final disposition of a decedent's remains.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person may execute an authorization for final disposition

that designates another to control the final disposition of the person's remains. An

authorization for final disposition must be witnessed by two witnesses or signed

before a notary public. This bill provides that a member of the U.S. armed forces may

execute a valid authorization for final disposition in the manner and on a form

provided by the federal department of defense.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Williams (D) , Garthwaite (D) , Hilgenberg (D) , Knodl (R) , Roys (D) , Shilling , Steinbrink (D) , Townsend (R) , Turner (D) , Young (D)

6 cosponsors

Grothman (R) , Kreitlow (D) , Lassa (D) , Lehman (D) , Miller (D) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Mar 3, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 3, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hilgenberg, Turner, Garthwaite, Roys, A. Williams, Steinbrink, Townsend, Young, Shilling and Knodl;Cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Miller, Taylor, Kreitlow and Lassa

  2. Feb 3, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Feb 5, 2010 · Assembly

    Senator Grothman added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 11, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 2, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 3, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  7. Mar 3, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 7, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 by committee on Rules

  9. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed on the calendar of 4-13-2010 following Assembly Bill 542

  10. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1