Human Composting Advocacy in Minnesota
Take action to help legalize human composting
HF 2669 was introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives by Representatives John Huot and Mike Freiberg on March 6, 2023.
Voice Your Support
It’s a great time to start letting your Minnesota State Representative and Senator know that human composting is an issue that’s important to you.
Below is an email template you can use as a base. We’ve learned it’s important to personalize your letter and add your own story about why you support this legislation.
Not sure who to write or where to send your email? Find your Minnesota legislator contact information here.
Email Template
Subject Line: Please Support HF 2669
Dear [REPRESENTATIVE OR SENATOR],
I am writing to express my hope that you will endorse HF 2669 to add natural organic reduction (also known as human composting) as a legally permissible form of disposition in the state of Minnesota. Human composting is now legal in quite a few states: Washington, Colorado, Oregon, California, Vermont, New York, and Nevada, and I would appreciate this option being available to residents of Minnesota, too.
[INSERT HERE WHY YOU PERSONALLY SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION]
Thank you for your attention to this legislation.
[NAME]
[ADDRESS]

How does Human Composting Become Law?
In the U.S., the laws governing human remains vary greatly from state to state, as do the processes for passing new laws. Washington State was the first state that legalized human composting in 2019. The process took two years from the initial conversation with our representative until the law was passed, and another year until it took effect. The second state to legalize human composting, Colorado, passed the law in just under a year.
Because of the difference from state to state, we don’t have a template for how to pass human composting laws. However, we wrote an overview of what the process can look like to help you understand what it may take to pass legislation in your state.

About the Death Care Industry
Funeral practices like cremation and embalming have a profound impact on the environment.
Each year, about 3 million people die in the U.S. Cremation burns fossil fuels and emits carbon dioxide and particulates into the atmosphere. Conventional burial consumes valuable urban land, pollutes the soil, and contributes to climate change through the resource-intensive manufacture and transport of caskets, headstones, and grave liners. Every year in the U.S., caskets alone use four million acres of forest.
What we do with our bodies when we die matters. Human composting allows you to choose an option that supports new life after death. There is poetry in giving back to the ecosystem that has supported us our whole lives.

About Recompose
A decade ago, Katrina Spade recognized the need for a sustainable and scalable urban death care alternative. She spent years working with scientists and legal advisors designing the process to transform human bodies into soil. Since then, Katrina has helped write bills with state legislators, testify before committees, and ensure a safe process with regulators once a state legalizes human composting to help bring this ecological death care option to people everywhere.
In 2017, Katrina founded Recompose, a public benefit corporation based in Seattle and the world’s first human composting company. Recompose started accepting bodies for human composting in December 2020.
In 2022, we began sharing our facility with the public through tours in-person and online.