Bill Text: IL HB1455 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Provides that any dispute concerning the right to control the disposition of a decedent's remains shall be resolved by a court within 30 days of the dispute being filed with the court.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0381 [HB1455 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB1455-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 101-0381
HB1455 Enrolled LRB101 05539 LNS 50555 b
AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to
as Adam's Law.
Section 5. The Disposition of Remains Act is amended by
changing Section 50 as follows:
(755 ILCS 65/50)
Sec. 50. Disputes. Any dispute among any of the persons
listed in Section 5 concerning their right to control the
disposition, including cremation, of a decedent's remains
shall be resolved by a court of competent jurisdiction within
30 days of the dispute being filed with the court. A cemetery
organization or funeral establishment shall not be liable for
refusing to accept the decedent's remains, or to inter or
otherwise dispose of the decedent's remains, until it receives
a court order or other suitable confirmation that the dispute
has been resolved or settled.
(Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.)