Pennsylvania HB2824: An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in ownership of property and legal title and equitable estate, further providing for right to dispose of a decedent's remains; in dispositions independent of letters and family exemption and probate of wills and grant of letters, repealing provisions relating to payments to family and funeral directors, providing for collection of personal property by affidavit and for collection of unclaimed property and further providing for settlement of small estates on petition; in accounts and distribution, further providing for income on distributive shares; in health care, further providing for authority of health care agent; in powers of attorney, providing for judicial relief; in estates, further providing for applicability of rule against perpetuities; and, in trusts, further providing for income on distributive shares.

What the bill says

Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in ownership of property and legal title and equitable estate, further providing for right to dispose of a decedent's remains; in dispositions independent of letters and family exemption and probate of wills and grant of letters, repealing provisions relating to payments to family and funeral directors, providing for collection of personal property by affidavit and for collection of unclaimed property and further providing for settlement of small estates on petition…

From the introduced text, October 5, 2026:

Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in ownership of property and legal title and equitable estate, further providing for right to dispose of a decedent's remains; in dispositions independent of letters and family exemption and probate of wills and grant of letters, repealing provisions relating to payments to family and funeral directors, providing for collection of personal property by affidavit and for collection of unclaimed property and further providing for settlement of small estates on petition; in accounts and distribution, further providing for income on distributive shares; in health care, further providing for authority of health care agent; in powers of attorney, providing for judicial relief; in estates, further providing for applicability of rule against perpetuities; and, in trusts, further providing for income on distributive shares. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 305 of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: § 305. Right to dispose of a decedent's remains. (a) General rule.--[Except as specified in subsection (a.1), the] The determination of the final disposition of a decedent's remains, whether by burial, entombment, cremation or other disposition, shall be as set forth in this section [unless otherwise specifically provided by waiver and agreement of the person entitled to make such determination …