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type: "Bill"
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title: "Funeral Directors; organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, so as to provide for the organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; to amend Titles 10, 31, and 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade, health, and local government, respectively, so as to require a disposition permit for the organic human reduction of a dead human body or fetus; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 241"
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citation: "Georgia SB 241 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COMMERCE AND TRADE", "HEALTH", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Derek Mallow", "Elena Parent", "Lee Anderson", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b55493b8-a582-4b24-8c7d-125d08203766"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "570c893ef9d5d4a71bfcf0e92af54b0e96c7e122930cd631d90d5613b13fc2dc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 241 (2025_26) — Funeral Directors; organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, so as to provide for the organic human reduction as a means of disposing of deceased human bodies; to amend Titles 10, 31, and 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade, health, and local government, respectively, so as to require a disposition permit for the organic human reduction of a dead human body or fetus; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235216.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 55 0530** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233453.pdf)
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3. **SB 241/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238551.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #150 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #372 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **157–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Derek Mallow — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-09** Act 82 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b55493b8-a582-4b24-8c7d-125d08203766`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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