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HB05331

Act Concerning Air Permits for Certain Crematories

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In one sentence

This law creates a working group to study air pollution from crematories and recommend how the state should handle their permits.

What it does

  • Creates a new working group led by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.
  • Requires the group to evaluate mercury vapor and fine particulate matter emissions factors for human remains cremation.
  • Directs the group to review current state laws, federal rules, and data on how crematories release pollution.
  • Asks the group to identify best practices for reducing harmful air emissions from crematories.
  • Mandates that the working group submit a final report with findings by January 15, 2027.

Who it affects

  • The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
  • Crematory operators in Connecticut
  • Funeral directors and their associations
  • Municipalities that have crematories within their borders

Limits and unknowns

  • The law does not set new pollution limits immediately; it only creates a group to study them.
  • It is unclear if crematories must change their operations before the working group finishes its report in January 2027.

Plain language

Terms to know

Emissions factors
Numbers used to estimate how much pollution a specific activity, like burning human remains, releases into the air.
Mercury vapor emissions
Air pollution containing mercury gas that can come from cremating bodies with dental fillings made of amalgam.
Fine particulate matter
Tiny solid or liquid particles in the air that are small enough to be breathed deep into lungs.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

To authorize the continued operations of certain crematories in the state while air permits for such crematories are being processed and renewed.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Signed by the Governor
  2. Transmitted to the Secretary of State
  3. Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
  4. Special Act 26-33LCO
  5. Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
  6. Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
  7. On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
  8. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
  9. Senate Calendar Number 535
  10. House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 4327
  11. House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
  12. Immediate Transmittal to the Senate
  13. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
  14. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
  15. House Calendar Number 122
  16. File Number 142LCO
  17. Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/23/26 5:00 PMLCO
  18. Joint FavorableENV
  19. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
  20. Public Hearing 03/04