diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/animal_group_members.query.xml b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/animal_group_members.query.xml
index 09a5157..3f4678e 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/animal_group_members.query.xml
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/animal_group_members.query.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
                     <column columnName="Id"/>
                     <column columnName="date">
                         <columnTitle>Date Added</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="enddate">
                         <columnTitle>Date Removed</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                         <isHidden>false</isHidden>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="groupId">
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.query.xml b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.query.xml
index 84e30cc..eb3af07 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.query.xml
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/arrival.query.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
                     <column columnName="Id"/>
                     <column columnName="date">
                         <columnTitle>Arrival Date</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="arrivalType">
                         <columnTitle>Arrival Type</columnTitle>
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/assignment.query.xml b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/assignment.query.xml
index df55a2e..6360ef8 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/assignment.query.xml
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/assignment.query.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
                     <column columnName="date">
                         <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
-                    <column columnName="endDate"/>
+                    <column columnName="endDate">
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
+                    </column>
                     <column columnName="project">
                         <fk>
                             <fkDbSchema>ehr</fkDbSchema>
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.js b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.js
index 6531bc9..2c06b1b 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.js
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ function onInit(event, helper){
         skipHousingCheck: true,
         announceAllModifiedParticipants: true,
         allowDatesInDistantPast: true,
-        removeTimeFromDate: true,
         skipAssignmentCheck: true,
     });
 
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.query.xml b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.query.xml
index f424994..fc7174f 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.query.xml
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/birth.query.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
                     <column columnName="Id" />
                     <column columnName="date">
                         <columnTitle>Birth Date</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="conceptId">
                         <columnTitle>Conception Id</columnTitle>
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.js b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.js
index fc9b3e9..87dd9ec 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.js
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.js
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ var idMap = {};
 var deathIdMap = {};
 var idsToSync = [];
 
+// QC states that mean a death has been declared. Leaving draft for anything else -- 'Delete Requested', a denied
+// request -- is not a declaration, so it must not notify or close out the animal's procedure orders.
+var NOTIFY_STATES = ['REQUEST: PENDING', 'REVIEW REQUIRED', 'COMPLETED'];
+
 function onInit(event, helper){
 
     // the script scope can outlive a single save, so never inherit ids from a prior one
@@ -185,24 +189,33 @@ EHR.Server.TriggerManager.registerHandlerForQuery(EHR.Server.TriggerManager.Even
         idsToSync = [];
     }
 
+    // A delete arrives here as the deleted row with a null oldRow, which otherwise reads as a draft leaving draft.
+    if (event === 'delete')
+        return;
+
     var rows = helper.getRows() || [];
+    var idsToComplete = [];
     for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
         var row = rows[i].row;
         var oldRow = rows[i].oldRow;
 
-        // Notification will get sent when:
-        // 1) a brand-new row saved directly as 'Request: Pending' (i.e., when a user clicks 'Submit Death'), or
-        // 2) a draft death record moving from 'In Progress' to 'Request: Pending'.
-        if (!helper.isETL() &&
-                row && row.Id &&
-                row.QCStateLabel &&
-                row.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'REQUEST: PENDING' &&
-                (!oldRow || !oldRow.QCStateLabel || oldRow.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'IN PROGRESS')) {
+        if (helper.isETL() || !row || !row.Id || !row.QCStateLabel)
+            continue;
+
+        // Notify once, on the first save that leaves draft: 'Submit Death' lands on 'Request: Pending', but a death entered alongside its necropsy goes straight to 'Review Required' or 'Completed'.
+        var wasDraft = !oldRow || !oldRow.QCStateLabel || oldRow.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase() === 'IN PROGRESS';
+        if (wasDraft && NOTIFY_STATES.indexOf(row.QCStateLabel.toUpperCase()) > -1) {
             console.log("Sending NBRI Death Notification")
             triggerHelper.sendDeathNotification(row.Id);
 
-            console.log("Updating Procedure Orders to Completed for Animal: " + row.Id + "")
-            triggerHelper.updateProcedureOrdersToCompleted([row.Id]);
+            if (idsToComplete.indexOf(row.Id) === -1)
+                idsToComplete.push(row.Id);
         }
     }
+
+    // One pass for the whole save: the helper filters and updates in bulk, so a call per row multiplies round trips.
+    if (idsToComplete.length) {
+        console.log("Updating Procedure Orders to Completed for: " + idsToComplete.join(', '))
+        triggerHelper.updateProcedureOrdersToCompleted(idsToComplete);
+    }
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.query.xml b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.query.xml
index e28e2f0..f66b06d 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.query.xml
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/deaths.query.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
                     <column columnName="Id"/>
                     <column columnName="date">
                         <columnTitle>Death Date</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="type">
                         <columnTitle>Death Type</columnTitle>
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/demographics.query.xml b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/demographics.query.xml
index 0323b4a..6e6f2cc 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/demographics.query.xml
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/demographics.query.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                         <columnTitle>Species</columnTitle>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="birth">
-                        <formatString>Date</formatString>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                         <columnTitle>Birth</columnTitle>
                         <url>/query/executeQuery.view?
                             schemaName=study&amp;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                         </url>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="death">
-                        <formatString>Date</formatString>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                         <columnTitle>Death</columnTitle>
                         <url>/query/executeQuery.view?
                             schemaName=study&amp;
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/housing.query.xml b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/housing.query.xml
index e1a21a3..9c8a81f 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/housing.query.xml
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/housing.query.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
                     <column columnName="Id"/>
                     <column columnName="date">
                         <columnTitle>In Date</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="enddate">
                         <nullable>true</nullable>
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
                         <shownInInsertView>true</shownInInsertView>
                         <shownInDetailsView>true</shownInDetailsView>
                         <columnTitle>Out Date</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="cage">
                         <columnTitle>Location</columnTitle>
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/necropsy.query.xml b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/necropsy.query.xml
index 35290a8..f8054a1 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/necropsy.query.xml
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/necropsy.query.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
                 <columns>
                     <column columnName="date">
                         <columnTitle>Exam Date</columnTitle>
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
                     </column>
                     <column columnName="category">
                         <columnTitle>Category</columnTitle>
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/protocolAssignment.query.xml b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/protocolAssignment.query.xml
index d95eb07..ccd46a8 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/protocolAssignment.query.xml
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/queries/study/protocolAssignment.query.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
             <table tableName="protocolAssignment" tableDbType="TABLE" useColumnOrder="true">
                 <columns>
                     <column columnName="Id"/>
-                    <column columnName="date"/>
-                    <column columnName="endDate"/>
+                    <column columnName="date">
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
+                    </column>
+                    <column columnName="endDate">
+                        <formatString>DateTime</formatString>
+                    </column>
                     <column columnName="project">
                         <isHidden>true</isHidden>
                     </column>
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/scripts/nbri_triggers.js b/nbri_ehr/resources/scripts/nbri_triggers.js
index 320c63f..2c806fe 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/scripts/nbri_triggers.js
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/scripts/nbri_triggers.js
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ exports.init = function (EHR) {
         // group memberships are routinely backdated, so historical dates must not raise a warning
         helper.setScriptOptions({
             requiresStatusRecalc: false,
-            allowDatesInDistantPast: true
+            allowDatesInDistantPast: true,
+            // Overrides the shared animal_group_members script, which sets this true.
+            removeTimeFromDate: false
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/nbri_ehr/resources/web/nbri_ehr/buttons/deathNecropsyButtons.js b/nbri_ehr/resources/web/nbri_ehr/buttons/deathNecropsyButtons.js
index efee481..b07a7a5 100644
--- a/nbri_ehr/resources/web/nbri_ehr/buttons/deathNecropsyButtons.js
+++ b/nbri_ehr/resources/web/nbri_ehr/buttons/deathNecropsyButtons.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Ext4.define('NBRI_EHR.window.DeathNecropsySubmitForReviewWindow', {
                 text: 'Cancel',
                 scope: this,
                 handler: function(btn){
-                    btn.up('window').hide();
+                    btn.up('window').close();
                 }
             }],
             items: [{
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ Ext4.define('NBRI_EHR.window.DeathNecropsySubmitForReviewWindow', {
                     value: this.getDefaultRecipient(),
                     displayField: 'DisplayName',
                     valueField: 'UserId',
+                    // No global 'id' here: a reopened window would adopt the previous window's element and render a second combo.
                     itemId: 'assignedTo',
-                    id: 'assignedTo',
+                    // Ext derives the input's name from the component id when 'name' is absent, so set it explicitly rather than leaning on the id.
+                    name: 'assignedTo',
                     anyMatch: true,
                     caseSensitive: false,
                 }]