TO:	Honorable Gary VanDeaver, Chair, House Committee on Public Health
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB2721 by Parker (relating to the deceased, including requirements for donating or claiming bodies or anatomical specimens, the licensing and regulation of persons who provide services or conduct education or research in relation to the deceased, and responsibilities of political subdivisions for certain bodies after death; creating criminal offenses; authorizing administrative penalties; requiring occupational licenses; authorizing fees.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

The bill would create a state jail felony offense committed when a person acquires or distributes a body or anatomical specimen without certain licenses or fulfillment of certain requirements or when a person uses a body or anatomical specimen for prohibited purposes. The bill provides certain exceptions and nonapplicability for the offense.

Creating a new criminal offense and increasing the penalty for an existing offense may result in an increase in demands upon state and local correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement.

In fiscal year 2024, there were no arrests, no referrals, no placement onto adult community supervision, no individuals admitted into an adult state correctional institution, and no individuals admitted into a juvenile state correctional institution for offenses relating to the death and disposition of the body.

It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.