HF5150

Public cemeteries required to allow individuals to be buried in accordance with their recognized religion, and public cemeteries required to allow green burials.

Introduced·5/16/26
Introduced Text

Minnesota HF5150 mandates public cemeteries to allow burials in accordance with recognized religions and green burials.

Minnesota HF5150 amends state statutes to require public cemeteries to allow burials in accordance with an individual's recognized religion, including green burials. It mandates that municipalities, towns, or other cemeteries governed by this chapter must permit green burials, provided they comply with the requirements of chapter 149A and section 306.991. The bill also specifies that green burial plots must be a maximum of 300 burials per acre over a 100-year period.

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Health Finance & Policy Committee
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History

May 17

House

Author added Jones

May 16

House

Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy