2025 Regular Session • Hawaii Legislature
HB565: Relating To Mandatory Prior Written Notice And Consent In Contracts To Provide Cremation Services.
Legislative Summary
For contracts entered into on or after 10/1/2025, requires mortuaries and pre-need funeral authorities that contract to provide cremation services to provide written notice if precious metals are recovered after cremation and a disclosure that the person has thirty days to claim the precious metals after receipt of the notice. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Bill History
1/17/2025
Pending introduction.
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 2
House of Representatives
1/31/2025
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-04-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Lowen.
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 417) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Souza voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/17/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Garner Shimizu
Republican