---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify The Authority For Cremation"
description: "An Act To Clarify The Authority For Cremation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 476"
citation: "Maine LD 476 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "BURIAL EXPENSES", "INDIGENT BURIALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STANLEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cecab27-8a5f-441e-a694-62edfd0266e3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063195"
source_hash: "5804e09a0c7e2ba65ae3dbf8906db0c5a596f085f57befe4b3117b6b794b5bca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 476 (128) — An Act To Clarify The Authority For Cremation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP033901.asp)

## Sponsors

- STANLEY — primary (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- COREY — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- HOGAN — cosponsor (person)
- SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)
- TUELL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-14** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Reports READ.
- **2017-05-02** On motion of Representative HYMANSON of York, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-02** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-05-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-04** Reports Read
- **2017-05-04** On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass Report READ and ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2017-05-04** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-05-09** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-09** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2017-05-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cecab27-8a5f-441e-a694-62edfd0266e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).