A bill that would adjust the temperature at which crematories must incinerate remains advanced unanimously through the Oregon House on Tuesday — and for a moment, partisanship went up in smoke.
House Bill 3729 would lower the temperature that human or animal incinerators must reach during cremation to 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit, down from 1,800 degrees.
When the bill was in committee, crematory operators said the change was long overdue, Oregon being one of the last states in the U.S. to make the switch…