SB 58: Animal Cremation

GENERAL BILL by Harrell; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Arrington

Animal Cremation; Creating “Sevilla’s Law”; requiring a provider of companion animal cremation services to provide certain individuals and entities with a written description of the services the provider offers; requiring certain providers to include a certification with the returned animal’s cremation remains; providing that certain acts are unlawful; providing civil penalties for initial and subsequent offenses, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 9/19/2025 08:38 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Agriculture (AG)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Analyses (2)

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  • Agriculture (Pre-Meeting)   11/17/2025
  • Agriculture (Post-Meeting)   11/18/2025

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  11/18/2025 3:30 PM	S 58	Agriculture	5 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  501.961

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  9/19/2025	S	• Filed
  10/6/2025	S	• Referred to Agriculture; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
  11/10/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 11/18/25, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
  11/18/2025	S	• Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 • Now in Judiciary
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Judiciary