KUNC: Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Thursday restoring the public’s access to funeral home inspection reports.

The new law will allow Coloradans to learn the details of what inspectors are finding as they ramp up scrutiny of the industry in the wake of several scandals involving fake ashes and mishandled remains.

The new law also increases penalties for the crime of abusing a corpse.

A KUNC News investigation on funeral home misconduct discovered last year that lawmakers had quietly removed the public’s access to funeral home inspection reports in a 2024 bill that was meant to restore trust in the funeral home industry.

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