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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Second Reprint Assembly, No. 4085 (New Jersey, June 12, 2025)

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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to [Second Reprint] Assembly, No. 4085, State of New Jersey, dated June 12, 2025. The committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4085 (2R), which allows for the natural organic reduction or controlled supervised decomposition of deceased individuals. The bill authorizes the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey to adopt rules and regulations setting minimum requirements for a natural organic reduction facility and for the process. It requires that a facility receive a certificate of registration issued by the board. The statement says the bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 3007.

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“Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Second Reprint Assembly, No. 4085 (New Jersey, June 12, 2025).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2025-06-12-scm-a4085-s3-599c7c1fe8/, SHA-256 740fc6cda04c1b5a964f2f41c52701ded370ec80bfe98252a4dcc77641141b3e.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                     STATEMENT TO

                      [Second Reprint]
                ASSEMBLY, No. 4085

 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                       DATED: JUNE 12, 2025

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill
No. 4085 (2R).
    This bill allows for the natural organic reduction or controlled
supervised decomposition of deceased individuals. Provisions in
current law addressing embalming and funeral directing are updated
under the bill to incorporate the creation and regulation of natural
organic reduction facilities and the oversight of the organic reduction
process. Specifically, this bill authorizes the State Board of Mortuary
Science of New Jersey (board) to adopt rules and regulations to
establish minimum requirements for a natural organic reduction
facility and the manner in which it is to be maintained, and minimum
requirements for the process for conducting natural organic reduction.
The bill requires that a natural organic reduction facility receive a
certificate of registration issued by the board.
    Under this bill, a person is prohibited from operating, maintaining,
or using a natural organic reduction facility (facility) unless: (1) the
individual, partnership, or corporation is annually registered with the
board in accordance to the provisions of State law; (2) the certificate of
registration issued by the board and the license of the natural organic
reduction operator, both conspicuously displayed within the facility;
(3) the facility and all natural organic reduction is under the immediate
and personal supervision, direction, management, and control of a
person duly licensed as a practitioner of mortuary science or duly
licensed as a funeral director, or under any prior law of this State; and
(4) the construction, maintenance, and operation of the facility
conforms to the rules and regulations of the board promulgated to
safeguard and promote public health, safety, morals, and welfare.
    As reported by the committee, Assembly Bill No. 4085 (2R) is
identical to Senate Bill No. 3007, which was also amended and
reported by the committee on this date.

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