Law proposed on cremated remains

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Jackson County lawmaker wants to legalize the act of scattering a person's cremated remains in a church garden. State law is silent on the practice, and Rep. Carson Ross wants to make sure the act is never banned.

Ross, R-Blue Springs, has filed legislation to protect churches that build meditation gardens where ashes can be scattered.

A Blue Springs church wants to build such a garden for its members but is worried the garden might be outlawed in the future, Ross told the House Local Government and Related Matters Committee on Tuesday.