Bill Text: NH HB1320 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to public exposure of deceased human bodies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-22 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 192; eff. 08/16/2022 House Journal 14 [HB1320 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1320-Introduced.html

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HB 1320  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

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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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals the prohibition against displaying a dead human body for longer than 24 hours unless such body is properly embalmed.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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:

 

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  RSA 325:40-a, relative to the display of deceased human bodies for longer than 24 hours, is repealed.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.