S7457 (2025-26 session)

NY State bill

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.

Title
Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents
Type
New York State Senate bill
Session
2025-26 session
Status
Senate Floor Calendar
Latest action date
2026-01-29
Introduced
2025-04-16
Active version
S7457B
Same as
A7894
Substituted by
A7894
Law section
Public Health Law

Sponsors

Heard in committee

Same as

Substituted by

Committee meetings

Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.

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