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SB 598

Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 03:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Florida
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
insurance, subject index
Introduced / first action
2025-11-19 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services; Prohibiting a licensee of funeral or cemetery services from entering into certain contracts, agreements, or arrangements; revising the requirements for an applicant seeking licensure by endorsement to be an embalmer; deleting an exception to the educational requirements for an applicant seeking licensure to be a funeral director; authorizing a licensee or a licensed facility to dispose of human remains in a specified manner if the legally authorized person of the decedent fails, neglects, or refuses to direct the disposition, etc.

Sponsors

  • Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (primary), primary
  • Banking and Insurance (primary), primary
  • Truenow (primary), primary

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chapter No. 2026-50

  2. Approved by Governor

    executive-signature

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. Ordered enrolled

    enrolled

  5. CS passed; YEAS 104, NAYS 0

    passage

  6. Amendment 692383 Recede

  7. Added to Senate Message List

  8. In Messages

  9. Refused to concur, requested House to recede

  10. In returning messages

  11. CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0

    passage

  12. Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  13. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  14. Amendment 692383 adopted

  15. Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

    reading-1

  17. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)

  18. Bill referred to House Calendar

  19. In Messages

  20. CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

    passage

  21. Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  23. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26

  24. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  25. Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time

  27. On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

  28. Now in Fiscal Policy

  29. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  30. CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

  31. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  32. CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time

  33. Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

  34. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  35. CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

  36. On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/11/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  37. Introduced

    introduction

  38. Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy

    referral-committee

  39. Filed

    filing

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