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S 7457 NY

Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Apr 16, 2025

Latest action (Feb 11, 2026) SUBSTITUTED BY A7894C

Summary

Permits a chief fiscal officer of a county or a public administrator, when having the right to control the disposition of the remains of a decedent and acting reasonably and in good faith, to, without civil liability, select cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for such decedent where the financial resources of such decedent are limited and such disposition is selected with the reasonable belief that the method is consistent with the religious practices of the decedent.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (12)

  1. Apr 16, 2025 REFERRED TO HEALTH · upper
  2. Apr 29, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.898 · upper
  3. Apr 30, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  4. May 1, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  5. May 19, 2025 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7457A · upper
  6. Jun 5, 2025 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7457B · upper
  7. Jun 13, 2025 COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
  8. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO HEALTH · upper
  9. Jan 27, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.170 · upper
  10. Jan 28, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  11. Jan 29, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  12. Feb 11, 2026 SUBSTITUTED BY A7894C · upper

Text versions (4)

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  • S7457 · HTML
  • S7457 · PDF
  • S7457A · PDF
  • S7457B · PDF

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