TO AMEND THE CEMETERY ACT FOR PERPETUALLY MAINTAINED CEMETERIES; AND TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE BOARD OF EMBALMERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, CEMETERIES, AND BURIAL SERVICES.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Mar 2, 2023
Signed Apr 10, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2023 · House Mar 16, 2023
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Mar 31, 2023
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 10, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that HB1543 is now Act 509
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
lower
Apr 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned To the House as passed, as amended # 1
upper
Mar 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 30, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Wallace
RRepublican
P
Denise Ennett
DDemocratic
Co
Joy Springer
DDemocratic
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