A 4151 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Allows interment of cremated pet remains in certain cemeteries.

This bill permits the interment of cremated pet remains in designated spaces within New Jersey cemeteries, specifically in graves, crypts, or columbarium niches. It directly affects pet owners who wish to bury their pets' ashes alongside human remains in cemetery plots that already allow such interments. The bill amends existing cemetery law by adding definitions for "cremated pet remains" and clarifying that these remains may be interred in the same spaces used for human cremated remains. The change applies only to cemeteries that previously permitted human remains interment, without requiring new infrastructure or altering cemetery operations.
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Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Feb 19, 2026
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Feb 19, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee
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