SHB 2239 — Providing Washingtonians and their loved ones with location choices for interment of remains.

What this bill does

Permits a natural person to designate an area of land the person owns as a family burial ground, subject to specified requirements and restrictions. Includes family burial grounds as a lawful place for disposition of human remains. Exempts family burial grounds from certain requirements applicable to private cemeteries.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 2026
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 12, 2026
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 6, 2026
  46 yea · 2 nay · 1 not voting

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