Oklahoma House Passes Bipartisan Bill Allowing Human Remains to Be Used as Fertilizer
The bill passed the Oklahoma House 59-37 with bipartisan support to classify natural organic reduction as cremation, offering an alternative burial option for families.
- The Oklahoma State House passed bipartisan bill HB 3660 to legalize natural organic reduction , turning decomposed human remains into soil fertilizer and defining it as a form of cremation under state law.
- If signed by Governor Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma would be the first solidly red state to legalize NOR, joining 14 states that have already legalized the process.
- The bill passed with a 59-37 vote, supported by a majority of Republicans, including sponsors Rep. Eddy Dempsey and Sen. Casey Murdock.
- Rep. Jim Shaw opposed the bill, expressing concerns about using human remains as fertilizer in Oklahoma farmland.
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Red State Advances Human Fertilizer Proposal
The Oklahoma State House passed a bipartisan bill this week legalizing the use of decomposed human remains for soil fertilizer. The bill, HB 3660, includes “natural organic reduction” as a form of cremation. It defines “natural organic reduction” as the “contained accelerated reduction and conversion of human remains to soil in a licensed crematory using heat, water, and organic material.” The legislation goes on to define “crematory” as a “furn…
State advances bill to turn dead humans into actual fertilizer
Source link The Oklahoma State House on Tuesday passed a bipartisan bill that would make it legal to use the decomposed and ground-up remains of human corpses as soil fertilizer in the state. The legislation, HB 3660, seeks to include so-called “natural organic reduction” (NOR), a common euphemism for human composting, “as a form of
Oklahoma Advances Bill To Turn Dead Humans Into Actual Fertilizer
'another disgusting step forward'
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