On Friday, April 2, 2009, the members of the Colorado House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee sent House Bill 1202 on funeral regulation back to the first committee - the House Business and Labor committee. The members of this committee had passed the bill unanimously, and yet this was at a time when opponents of the bill had not been alerted to its nature. As the bill was drafted with exclusive input from vested corporate funeral industry lobbyists, there was no testimony from consumer representatives and alternative funeral providers and opponents from within the funeral industry.
This is a big opportunity to educate and influence the members of this committee. We must not be complacent and we must phone and email the members of this committee to let them know the implications of this legislation if it is passed.
The list of members is posted on our website at
www.naturaltransitions.org - on the Funeral Bill Action page. We really hope that people will go the extra mile and spend time to do voice their opinions. It is encouraging that our voices are able to reach those in the corridors of power, even though we are not a well-funded, industry machine.
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