House File 2349 - Enrolled House File 2349 AN ACT RELATING TO THE FINAL DISPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 144C.8, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 144C.8 Forfeiture of authority to control. A designee or person with the authority to control under this chapter shall forfeit all rights and authority under a declaration, or by operation of section 144C.5 , and all rights and authority under the declaration, or by operation of section 144C.5 , shall vest in and devolve upon an alternate designee, or if there is none, vest in and devolve pursuant to section 144C.5 , under either any of the following circumstances: 1. The designee or person with the authority to control under this chapter is charged with murder in the first or second degree or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the declarant’s decedent’s death and those charges are known to a third party. 2. The designee or person with the authority to control under this chapter does not exercise the designee’s authority under the declaration or the person’s authority under this chapter within twenty-four hours of receiving notification of the death of the declarant decedent or within forty hours of the declarant’s decedent’s death, whichever is earlier. 3. The designee or person with the authority to control

House File 2349, p. 2 under this chapter does not claim the cremated remains of the decedent within thirty calendar days after receipt of a written notice from a third party. ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House ______________________________ AMY SINCLAIR President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2349, Ninety-first General Assembly. ______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2026 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor