republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1062.md

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Bill	Regulation of cemeteries.	Defines "certificate of burial rights" for purposes of the cemetery law. Replaces references to other instruments issued upon the purchase of burial rights with the term. Provides that before entering into a sales contract with a consumer, an owner of a cemetery must provide a written statement including a price range of all commodities and services available for purchase. Specifies that the schedule of fees and the fees charged in connection with the installation or use of commodities in a cemetery must be consistent with the statement provided to a consumer. Prohibits the preinstallation of a vault. Increases the maximum civil penalty for a violation of the cemetery association law from $1,000 to $5,000. Permits a city or town, county, and township to appoint a cemetery caretaker to control and manage cemeteries in the entity's care. Establishes requirements for a city or town to appoint a cemetery caretaker through a proposed ordinance. Requires a city or town to review the status of the control and management of a cemetery for which it is responsible at least once every 10 years.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	HB 1062	Indiana HB 1062 (2022)	bill	CEMETERIES AND DEAD BODIES CITIES AND TOWNS CIVIL ACTIONS Penalties	enacted	Dennis Zent Jeff Raatz Liz Brown	5	23	1	2022-01-04	2022-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/b1390da0-8596-429d-a988-66377f1d60e8	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1062	496384154175e9f55c49d2060bdc1a3913dee8d28579ed7a96562af46cd97b7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1062 (2022) — Regulation of cemeteries.

Defines "certificate of burial rights" for purposes of the cemetery law. Replaces references to other instruments issued upon the purchase of burial rights with the term. Provides that before entering into a sales contract with a consumer, an owner of a cemetery must provide a written statement including a price range of all commodities and services available for purchase. Specifies that the schedule of fees and the fees charged in connection with the installation or use of commodities in a cemetery must be consistent with the statement provided to a consumer. Prohibits the preinstallation of a vault. Increases the maximum civil penalty for a violation of the cemetery association law from $1,000 to $5,000. Permits a city or town, county, and township to appoint a cemetery caretaker to control and manage cemeteries in the entity's care. Establishes requirements for a city or town to appoint a cemetery caretaker through a proposed ordinance. Requires a city or town to review the status of the control and management of a cemetery for which it is responsible at least once every 10 years.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1062 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dennis Zent — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-04 Coauthored by Representative Clere
• 2022-01-04 Authored by Representative Zent
• 2022-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-18 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-20 Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L
• 2022-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 41: yeas 86, nays 5 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-21 Referred to the Senate
• 2022-02-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-02-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-28 Senator Raatz added as second sponsor
• 2022-02-28 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2022-03-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 280: yeas 48, nays 1 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-03-02 Motion to concur filed
• 2022-03-02 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 320: yeas 80, nays 10 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-04 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-14 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-14 Public Law 113
• 2022-03-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1390da0-8596-429d-a988-66377f1d60e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).