Bills & Policy
The bills and rules on the record. 13 entries across 5 jurisdictions, each read from its official record and linked to it. Pick your line of work and each one says whether it reaches you, and why.
Everywhere13 Michigan6 Colorado1 Illinois1 New Jersey1 Federal4
Your line of work All lines of work Funeral homes Consolidators Cemeteries Crematories Casket & urn makers Monument dealers Preneed insurance Body donation Green & alternative Binding on a date4 entries Signed or decided, with a day it starts or stops. Soonest first.
Window closes Oct 1, 2026
Elizabeth Dole Act · Federal
Expanded VA burial allowance for home-hospice deaths, July 2025 to October 1, 2026 — families must apply Reaches funeral homes
Binds Jan 1, 2027
HB26-1258 · Colorado
Colorado's class 5 felony exposure begins — every decedent needs a custody record that proves where they are Reaches funeral homes and crematories
Binds Jan 1, 2027
HB 4695 · Illinois
Crematory inspections, written procedures, and the 30-day notice Reaches crematories
Binds Mar 17, 2027
HB 4077 · Michigan
Michigan's medical certification of death must be filed online Reaches funeral homes and consolidators
Binding now5 entries In force. No countdown: you are already subject to it.
As of Jan 2026
Status · Michigan
Human composting: legal in 14 states as of late 2025 — Michigan is not one of them Reaches green & alternative and crematories
In force since Jan 17, 2025
Funeral Rule · Federal
Funeral Rule violations now cost up to $53,088 each — the 2025 adjustment holds for 2026 Reaches funeral homes and consolidators
Signed Mar 2015
NJ record · New Jersey
New Jersey's monument dealers lose in court, win in the legislature — and the statute survives federal challenge Reaches monument dealers and cemeteries
Standing law
16 CFR 453 · Federal
The Funeral Rule — itemized pricing, on request Reaches funeral homes, consolidators and casket & urn makers
Standing law
Act 251 of 1968 · Michigan
The 15% monthly deposit to perpetual care Reaches cemeteries
Moving3 entries Introduced, or passed one chamber. Nothing binds yet.
Introduced Jun 23, 2026
SB 1060 · Michigan
SB 1060 would repeal the cemetery/funeral-home wall — MCL 339.1812, in force since 1980 Reaches funeral homes, consolidators and cemeteries
Introduced Sep 11, 2025
HB 4879–4934 · Michigan
HB 4879–4934 filed: a 56-bill licensing-reform package — repeals, cut mandates, broader reciprocity Reaches funeral homes and crematories
Passed Jun 10, 2025
SB 157 · Michigan
SB 157 pet-cemetery regulation clears the Senate 19–18 — then stalls in House committee Reaches cemeteries
Under review1 entry A rulemaking that has asked questions and proposed nothing.
Review opened Nov 2022
FTC docket · Federal
The FTC asks whether the Funeral Rule should require online prices — an advance notice, nothing yet required Reaches funeral homes, consolidators and casket & urn makers
The dated rows are also on the compliance clock , with a calendar feed; every source is on the sources page . A bill the record does not carry yet is a gap in our reading, not a finding that nothing is moving.