(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – An historical marker at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., is seen on Feb. 21, 2023. Democrats advanced four gun-control bills in Pennsylvania’s state House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 26, after years of a virtual standstill on legislation amid a politically divided government. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The state House unanimously approved a bill in Harrisburg to regulate Pennsylvania’s pet cremation industry yesterday. The move came after allegations last year that a Pittsburgh funeral director frauded thousands of grieving families and threw their pets into landfills. House Bill 1750, which is called “Holding Funeral Homes Accountable for Pet Cremations,” would require disclosure of cremation services for animals that have died, strengthen recordkeeping regulations, and impose enforcement and penalties for funeral homes that so not follow the law.