A 7894 — Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents
Congress · introduced 2025-04-11
Permits a chief fiscal officer of a county or a public administrator, when having the right to control the disposition of the remains of a decedent and acting reasonably and in good faith, to, without civil liability, select cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for such decedent where the financial resources of such decedent are limited and such disposition is selected with the reasonable belief that the method is consistent with the religious practices of the decedent.
Latest action: 2026-02-11 — PASSED_SENATE
Sponsors
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO HEALTH
- · assembly — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 7894A
- · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 7894B
- · assembly — REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 7894C
- · assembly — REFERRED TO HEALTH
- · assembly — REPORTED
- · assembly — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.236
- · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — DELIVERED TO SENATE
- · senate — REFERRED TO HEALTH
- · senate — SUBSTITUTED FOR S7457B
- · senate — 3RD READING CAL.170
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
Text versions
- Introduced · 2025-04-11 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2025-05-02 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2025-05-15 — HTML · Text
- Amendment C · 2025-06-05 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-11 | Amy Paulin | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-04-11 | Phil Steck | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Paulin (—, state_lower NY-88) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Phil Steck (—, state_lower NY-110) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-04-11 · sponsored by Amy Paulin (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-11 · cosponsored by Phil Steck (cosponsor) · sponsorship