Assembly Bill 350 was advanced by the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services with amendments that increase protections for graves and allow counties to designate certain older burial sites as historic.

Committee staff Kayla Maesa told the committee the bill “provides that a cemetery authority shall not disinter or remove certain human remains in all or any part of the cemetery owned, leased, or operated by the authority without a court order,” and that a court may issue an order only on a showing of clear and convincing evidence related to the circumstances described in the bill. The bill would also require a written record for each person whose remains are disinterred and removed.

Maesa told the committee an amendment had been added to account for Native burial grounds and rural cemeteries, allowing counties to designate older burial sites as historic consistent with NRS 381.195; that statute was cited during the discussion as the basis for historic designation of cemeteries open during the 1800s or 50 years before the current year. Maesa said the amendment was discussed with the Nevada Association of Counties (NACO) and approved by that organization.

Committee members thanked Maesa for raising rural concerns; the panel moved the amend-and-do-pass recommendation and the chair assigned the floor statement to Senator Titus. The motion carried with no recorded opposing votes at the mic.

If enacted, AB350 would raise the legal standard for removing remains from cemetery grounds, require written records for removals, and permit county‑level historic designation for older rural burial sites as noted in the amendment.