Bill to allow public onto abandoned cemeteries on private land fails in committee

Citing lack of access to burial places of ancestors and pioneers, supporters of the bill called for new rules for reaching abandoned cemeteries. Ranching groups acknowledged the intent, but expressed reservation about bill's impact.

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