Small Estate Act; payment of funeral expenses.
Summary
Small Estate Act; payment of funeral expenses.Changes from discretionary to mandatory the provision that any personholding a small asset of a decedent pay or deliver up to $4,000 ofsuch asset to the undertaker or mortuary handling the funeral ofthe decedent upon request of a successor of the decedent.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 30, 2021
Last action Jan 26, 2022
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Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Dec 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Dec 30, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101911D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JA
John A. Cosgrove, Jr.
RRepublican
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