HB 1675 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the interment of certain cremated animal remains with human remains in perpetual care cemeteries and the eligibility of those cemeteries for an exemption from ad valorem taxation.

HB 1675, known as "Mona's Law," allows perpetual care cemeteries in Texas to inter cremated remains of companion pets with human remains in specific ways. The bill permits pet remains to be buried in the same casket during human interment, placed in a separate adjacent grave, or stored in a columbarium beside human remains, while requiring cemeteries to include pet information on memorials. It defines "pet" as a domestic companion animal (excluding livestock) and prohibits euthanizing pets solely for burial with humans. The law applies to all perpetual care cemeteries in Texas and takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 12, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 30, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was reformatted from an introduced draft to an engrossed version with substantive policy changes. The original bill allowed interment of cremated pet remains in human cemeteries, while the engrossed version adds a new tax exemption for cemeteries that permit both human and pet burials. The bill also clarifies that pet remains must be incinerated by a permitted animal carcass incinerator.
Scope change
The bill now applies to perpetual care cemeteries that allow both human and pet interments, expanding eligibility for tax exemptions to include cemeteries that accommodate pet remains.
ELIGIBILITY

Added tax exemption for cemeteries that allow both human and pet burials in accordance with the new pet interment section.

DEFINITION

Added definition of 'pet remains' to specify that they must be remains from a pet carcass incinerated by a permitted animal carcass incinerator.

REQUIREMENT

Modified pet interment requirements to specify that pet remains must be incinerated by an animal carcass incinerator with a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

TECHNICAL

Added bill header information including sponsor names and bill number formatting changes.

Floor votes · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

10937
Passed
Total votes 146
Apr 29, 2025
D Democratic59
58 Yea 1 Nay
98% Yea
R Republican87
51 Yea 36 Nay
58% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Apr 30, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 29, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (109-37)
house
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Transferred to Calendars Committee
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Health
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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