Funeral Caskets Online

The Texas State Senate voted last Thursday to require the state’s deceased residents to have proper identification.

The bill, proposed by Senator John Carona, says that nobody can be buried in Texas in a casket that did not contain the deceased’s name, date of birth, and date of death. Carona fashioned the bill as a result of caskets rising to the surface during floods, which normally happens during a Texas hurricane. Using modern technology, deceased remains that become separated from a casket can often be identified, so identification inside the casket would help reunite the remains with the casket.

“In most cases,” said Carona, “it’s not so much a matter of losing the remains as finding the casket on the surface without a headstone.”

The bill won unanimous approval.

According to the bill, the Texas Funeral Service Commission will set the standards for the specific types of identification to be included in the caskets.

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