Two funeral home bills win unanimous support

By Marianne Goodland

Legislative reporter

Two bills designed to put oversight into the funeral home industry won unanimous committee approvals in the past week.

House Bill 1335, which won approval from the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee, is what’s known as a sunset bill. It’s designed to continue state law over an industry or occupation.

The measure would extend regulation of the funeral home industry — the business side — up to 2031. But it also adds new law about inspections of funeral homes, to hopefully prevent what’s happened in Colorado over the past decade.

In the last year, 1...