Business Regulation - Abandoned Cemeteries - Acquisition and Disposition

Summary

The bill permits a governmental unit to take property that contains an abandoned cemetery through condemnation and then requires the unit to locate and contact the deceased’s descendants or a related community or nonprofit organization. Those parties may petition a court to have the land transferred to them, and the government must maintain the cemetery until the transfer or arrange reinterment if a transfer cannot be made.

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Hearings

• Economic Matters — Bill Hearing
  Economic Matters · Feb 25, 2026

History

1. Mar 23, 2026Third Reading Passed
2. Mar 23, 2026Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3. Mar 23, 2026Referred Finance
4. Mar 23, 2026Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
5. Mar 23, 2026Favorable with Amendments {
6. Feb 9, 2026Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
7. Feb 4, 2026First Reading Economic Matters and Health

Sponsors

• Hill · sponsor
• Boyce
• Ebersole
• J. Long
• Kaiser
• Kaufman
• Ruth
• Schindler
• Simmons
• Smith
• Stinnett

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