Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Session
- 153
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Not supplied
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-04-15 00:00:00
Alternate titles
- Unclaimed Body or Remains/State/Action short title
Source-supplied abstracts
This Act permits the State to bury or cremate an unclaimed body or remains of an indigent individual without requiring written consent of the next of kin or other legally responsible party. This statutory change will reduce costs, conserve cemetery space, and reduce environmental impacts by limiting formaldehyde exposure in the soil.
Sponsors
- DeShanna U Neal (primary), primary
- Nicole Poore (primary), primary
- Ray Seigfried (primary), primary
- Stell Parker Selby (primary), primary
- Sarah McBride (primary), primary
- Claire Snyder-Hall (primary), primary
- Kerri Evelyn Harris (primary), primary
- Russell Huxtable (primary), primary
- Melanie Ross Levin (primary), primary
- David L. Wilson (primary), primary