Bill headed to WA Legislature would allow private family cemeteries
Volunteers search for graves at the Hill Family Cemetery in Mae Valley in 2021. Since 1987, Washington law has prohibited the creation of private family cemeteries, but a bill prefiled in the Legislature is poised to change that.
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State Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, has pre-filed a bill to allow families to bury their loved ones on their own land.
OLYMPIA — Washington could allow family burial plots on private property, according to a statement from the office of Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, who pre-filed the bill Dec. 13.
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