Criminal Law – Human Remains, Pet Remains, and Cemeteries – Prohibitions
What this bill does
Altering the definition of 'permanent cemetery' to include a cemetery owned by a family or religious organization; prohibiting a person from tampering with human remains interred in a cemetery; altering certain penalties relating to prohibitions against removal of human remains from a burial site; prohibiting a person from damaging, desecrating, mutilating, storing, tampering with, trafficking, or transporting human remains; prohibiting a person from removing or attempting to remove pet remains from a cemetery; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (0)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Thompson, Elinor | Genealogist, Historian, Church and Cemetery Preservationalist and Maryland Commissioner on African American History and Culture | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Zinner, David | MCLA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bennett, Jesse | Maryland Cemetery Legislative Advocates | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Edwards, Mark | Maryland Cemetery Legislative Advocates | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | warden, candy | Rosa Bonheur Society | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Stierhoff, Johnlobbyist | Venable LLP | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Johnson, Jennifer | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McKay, Mike | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator McKay, Senator McKaylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Simmons, Christine | Anne Arundel Genealogical Society | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Vormelker, Will | Maryland Judiciary | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Westervelt, Patricia | Maryland Department of Transportation | Written (PDF) |