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.
Puerto Rico Legislature’s bill record, via Open States
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
- IntroducedJun 18
- In committeeJun 19
- On the floorNot yet
- Passed a chamberNot yet
- Became lawNot yet
- Sponsor
- Roxanna I. Soto Aguilú
- Filed in
- The Senate
Every step
On record, newest first.
Committee recommends against passage
Comisión no recomienda aprobación de la medida
In Senate committee
First reading in the Senate
Aparece en Primera Lectura del Senado
Sent to committee
Referido a Comisión(es)
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.