Senate bill · PS 1328

Create the Sustainable Alternatives for Human Remains Disposal Law

This bill creates a law for sustainable alternatives to human remains disposal, authorizing alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction methods in Puerto Rico. It establishes principles, requirements, and safeguards, and allows the Puerto Rico Department of Health to create regulations.

Para crear la “Ley de Alternativas Sostenibles de Disposición Final de Restos Humanos”; autorizar la hidrólisis alcalina y la reducción orgánica natural como modalidades de disposición final en Puerto Rico; establecer los principios, requisitos y salvaguardas aplicables; facultar al Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico a adoptar la reglamentación correspondiente; y para otros fines relacionados.

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Where it stands

Open
133 days
Filed Jun 18
Last step
13 days ago
Oct 16
Committee recommends against passage
Stage
In committee
Step 2 of 5
  1. IntroducedJun 18
  2. In committeeJun 19
  3. On the floorNot yet
  4. Passed a chamberNot yet
  5. Became lawNot yet
Sponsor
Roxanna I. Soto Aguilú
Filed in
The Senate

Read the original bill, in Spanish: PS 1328

Every step

On record, newest first.

  1. Committee recommends against passage

    Comisión no recomienda aprobación de la medida

  2. In Senate committee

    1. First reading in the Senate

      Aparece en Primera Lectura del Senado

    2. Sent to committee

      Referido a Comisión(es)

  3. Introduced

    Filed

    Radicado

Bill data via Open States / Plural Policy (public domain). The English title and summary are AI-generated from the official Spanish text; each step is the legislature’s own wording in plain English, with the Spanish beneath it.