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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
April 18, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 363, an Act relating to the final disposition of remains.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
n R^nolds^
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES, IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 FAX 515.725.3527 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV
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House File 363
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE FINAL DISPOSITION OF REMAINS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA;
Section 1. Section 144C.5, subsection 1, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
The Except as provided in subsection 4, the right to
control final disposition of a decedent's remains or to make
arrangements for the ceremony after a decedent's death vests
in and devolves upon the following persons who are competent
adults at the time of the decedent's death, in the following
order:
Sec. 2. Section 144C.5, Code 2025, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4, The right to control final disposition
of a decedent's remains or to make arrangements for the
ceremony after a decedent's death shall not vest in or devolve
upon a person who is prohibited from acting as a designee
pursuant to section 144C.8.
Sec. 3. Section 144C.8, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
144C.8 Forfeiture of dGsignoo'a 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.
House File 363, p. 2
or if there is none, vest in and devolve pursuant to section
144C.5, under either 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 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 within twenty-four hours of receiving
notification of the death of the declarant or within forty
hours of the declarant's death, whichever is earlier.
PAT GRASS]
Speaker o£ the House
AMY SINOt/AIR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 363, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief the House
Governor