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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of cemeteries."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1062"
citation: "Indiana HB 1062 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEMETERIES AND DEAD BODIES", "CITIES AND TOWNS", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "Penalties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Zent", "Jeff Raatz", "Liz Brown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1390da0-8596-429d-a988-66377f1d60e8"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1062"
source_hash: "496384154175e9f55c49d2060bdc1a3913dee8d28579ed7a96562af46cd97b7a"
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-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](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1062/versions/HB1062.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1062/versions/HB1062.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1062/versions/HB1062.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1062/versions/HB1062.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1062/versions/HB1062.01.INTR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1390da0-8596-429d-a988-66377f1d60e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).