HB1320 (2022) Detail

Relative to public exposure of deceased human bodies.


CHAPTER 192

HB 1320 - FINAL VERSION

 

04/21/2022   1522s

2022 SESSION

22-2176

11/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1320

 

AN ACT relative to public exposure of deceased human bodies.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 18; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Woods, Merr. 23; Rep. Suzanne Smith, Graf. 8; Rep. Vail, Hills. 30; Rep. Bixby, Straf. 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals the prohibition against displaying a dead human body for longer than 24 hours unless such body is properly embalmed.  The bill also provides that if final disposition of the body has not occurred with 48 hours after the funeral home obtains physical custody, the body must be embalmed, maintained at a temperature under 40 degrees Fahrenheit, or encased in a closed container.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/21/2022   1522s 22-2176

11/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to public exposure of deceased human bodies.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

192:1  New Section; Embalmers and Funeral Directors; Deceased Human Bodies.  Amend RSA 325 by inserting after section 40-a the following new section:

325:40-b  Care of Deceased Human Bodies.  If final disposition has not occurred within 48 hours after the funeral home obtains actual physical custody of the body, the body shall be embalmed or maintained at a temperature of under 40 degrees Fahrenheit or encased in a closed container with methods employed to prevent leakage.

192:2  Repeal.  RSA 325:40-a, relative to the display of deceased human bodies for longer than 24 hours, is repealed.

192:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 17, 2022

Effective Date: August 16, 2022

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 24, 2022 House Hearing
Jan. 24, 2022 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote
March 23, 2022 Senate Hearing
April 21, 2022 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB1320 Revision: 36688 Date: June 21, 2022, 3:55 p.m.
HB1320 Revision: 36333 Date: May 12, 2022, 2:43 p.m.
HB1320 Revision: 35840 Date: April 21, 2022, 5:05 p.m.
HB1320 Revision: 35631 Date: April 14, 2022, 8:07 a.m.
HB1320 Revision: 33856 Date: Nov. 20, 2021, 10:47 a.m.

Docket


June 22, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 192; eff. 08/16/2022 HJ 14


June 7, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14


June 6, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13


May 13, 2022: House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. M. Pearson): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13


April 21, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1522s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9


April 21, 2022: Committee Amendment # 2022-1522s, AA, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9


April 14, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1522s, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16


March 17, 2022: Hearing: 03/23/2022, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 12


March 15, 2022: Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5


March 15, 2022: Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 4


March 11, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5


Feb. 19, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC)


Feb. 19, 2022: Executive Session: 01/24/2022 09:30 am LOB 210-211


Jan. 12, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/24/2022 09:30 am LOB 210-211


Nov. 20, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs