Sign Up
HB 6257 Connecticut House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF TERRAMATION.

HB 6257 authorizes natural organic reduction (a process that converts human remains into soil) as a legal disposal method. It requires facilities like cemeteries, crematories, and funeral homes offering this service to obtain a Public Health Commissioner permit, maintain secure private storage, and confirm the deceased's identity before processing. The bill mandates that remains be delivered in a decomposable container and prohibits the process until identity verification is complete. This law sets regulatory standards for facilities using natural organic reduction, directly affecting those providing this service.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Mar 10, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

Proposed Bill → Committee Bill · 6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended from a proposed version to a committee version, primarily adding detailed definitions and operational requirements for natural organic reduction facilities. The committee version expands the bill's scope by including specific duties for facilities, permit requirements, identity verification procedures, and rules about containers used during the process.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from a general authorization to include detailed operational requirements, definitions, and procedural safeguards for natural organic reduction facilities.
DEFINITION

Added detailed definitions for key terms including 'Cemetery corporation', 'Holding facility', 'Natural organic reduction permit', 'Natural organic reduction', and 'Natural organic reduction facility'.

REQUIREMENT

Added specific duties and obligations for natural organic reduction facilities, including maintenance standards, privacy requirements, and restrictions on who can access the facility during the reduction process.

Added permit requirements that must accompany natural organic reduction, including forms signed by family members that disclose any batteries or radioactive materials in the deceased person's body.

Added identity verification procedures requiring reasonable confirmation of the deceased person's identity before the process can begin, with specific acceptable forms of proof.

Added requirements for alternative containers or external wrappings that must be designed to fully decompose during the natural reduction process.

TIMELINE

Added an effective date of October 1, 2025 to the new section.

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.