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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
April 09, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 2349, an Act relating to the final disposition of human remains.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sinceftly,
Kim Reynolds
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES, IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV
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House File 2349
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE FINAL DISPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 144C.8, Code 2026, is amended to read as
follows :
144C.8 Forfeiture of authority to control.
A designee or person with the authority to control under
this chapter shall forfeit all rights and authority under a
declaration, or by operation of section 144C.5, and all rights
and authority under the declaration, or by operation of section
144C.5, shall vest in and devolve upon an alternate designee,
or if there is none, vest in and devolve pursuant to section
144C.5, under cith e r any of the following circumstances:
1. The designee or person with the authority to control
under this chapter is charged with murder in the first or
second degree or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the
declarant ' s decedent ' s death and those charges are known to a
third party.
2. The designee or person with the authority to control
under this chapter does not exercise the designee's authority
under the declaration or the person's authority under this
chapter within twenty-four hours of receiving notification of
the death of the d e clarant decedent or within forty hours of
the declarant ' s decedent ' s death, whichever is earlier.
3. The designee or person with the authority to control
under this chapter does not claim the cremated remains of the
House File 2349, p. 2
decedent within thirty calendar
notice from a third party.
PAT GRASSLEY /
Speaker of the House
days after receipt of a written
AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate
I hereby
is known as
certify that this bill originated in the House and
House File 2349, Ninety-first General Assembly.
MEGHAN NELSON
Approved
Chief <lerk of -the House
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