HB 565 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO MANDATORY PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE AND CONSENT IN CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE CREMATION SERVICES.

Summary

For contracts entered into on or after 10/1/2025, requires mortuaries and pre-need funeral authorities that contract to provide cremation services to provide written notice if precious metals are recovered after cremation and a disclosure that the person has thirty days to claim the precious metals after receipt of the notice. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB565 → HB565_HD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill adds a new requirement for cremation services to include written notice and consent regarding recovered precious metals, while also clarifying existing disclosure rules for funeral contracts. This change ensures consumers are informed about potential metal recovery from cremation and have a 30-day window to claim them before the provider can sell or recycle the materials.

Scope change

The bill's scope is expanded to specifically address cremation services and precious metal recovery, which was not explicitly covered in the original version.

REQUIREMENT

Added mandatory written notice requirement when precious metals are recovered at the conclusion of cremation.

Added 30-day claim period for purchasers to claim recovered precious metals after receiving written notice.

DEFINITION

Added definitions for 'cremation', 'precious metals', and 'purchaser' to clarify the scope of the new requirements.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from October 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be an error in the legislative markup.

TECHNICAL

Modified section headers and formatting to align with standard legislative markup conventions.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 417) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Lowen.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors