Coverage dated May 23, 2024

Colorado governor signs bills to regulate funeral homes more rigorously after years of abuses

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Colorado’s funeral home industry, which has been mired in disturbing scandals in recent years, will be under new regulations after Gov. Jared Polis signed three bills Friday. The measures add new licensing requirements for funeral...

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  1. Fox News

    Colorado Gov. Polis signs funeral home regulatory crackdowns into law (opens Fox News)

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    Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed off on two bills aimed at overhauling the state's notoriously lax oversight of the funeral home industry.

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Colorado governor signs bills regulating funeral homes after discovery of 190 rotting bodies (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed two bills into law Friday that overhaul state oversight of the funeral home industry after a series of gruesome discoveries, including 190 discomposing bodies in a facility, families being sent fake ashes and the unauthorized sale of body parts.

  3. Summit Daily

    Colorado governor signs bills to regulate funeral homes more rigorously after years of abuses (opens Summit Daily)

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    Colorado’s funeral home industry, which has been mired in disturbing scandals in recent years, will be under new regulations after Gov. Jared Polis signed three bills Friday. The measures add new licensing requirements for funeral...

  4. KOB 4

    Colorado governor to sign bills regulating funeral homes after discovery of 190 rotting bodies (opens KOB 4)

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    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is set to sign two bills that will overhaul the state’s oversight of the funeral home industry. The bills, which Polis plans to sign Friday, follow a series of gruesome discoveries in Colorado, including 190 discomposing bodies in a funeral home, families being sent fake as…

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