ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 102
BY REPRESENTATIVES JONES AND MARINO
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 8:655(A)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S. 8:655(F) and
3 R.S. 37:876(H), relative to the disposition of human remains; to provide for the
4 disposition of the remains of a homicide victim; to prohibit a person responsible for
5 the death of the victim from controlling the disposition of the victim's remains; and
6 to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 8:655(A)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and reenacted
9 and R.S. 8:655(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §655. Right of disposing of remains; military personnel; limitation of liability
11 A. Unless Except as provided in Subsection F of this Section, unless other
12 specific directions have been given or the designation of a specific person to control
13 disposition has been made by the decedent in the form of a notarial testament or a
14 written and notarized declaration, the following persons, in the priority listed, have
15 the right to control and authorize the interment of a deceased person, as defined in
16 R.S. 8:1:
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18 F. No person shall have any right to control the disposition of the remains
19 of a decedent when a warrant or a judicial determination of probable cause for a
20 homicide enumerated in R.S. 14:30, 30.1, or 31 has been issued for his arrest for the
21 death of the decedent.
22 Section 2. R.S. 37:876(H) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
23 §876. Authorizing agent; notarial testaments and notarized declarations
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1 H. No person shall have any right to control the disposition of the remains
2 of a decedent when a warrant or a judicial determination of probable cause for a
3 homicide enumerated in R.S. 14:30, 30.1, or 31 has been issued for his arrest for the
4 death of the decedent.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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