Funeral directors and embalmers; Board to promulgate regulations for licensure. (SB1044)
Introduced By
Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City) with support from 11 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria), Sen. John Bell (D-Chantilly), Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon), Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian), Sen. Danica Roem (D-Manassas), Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Ashburn), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Funeral directors and embalmers; Board to promulgate regulations for licensure. Directs the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to promulgate regulations that establish requirements of licensure for funeral directors and embalmers. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/17/2020 | Presented and ordered printed 20104415D |
01/17/2020 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
01/29/2020 | Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20107052D-S1 |
01/30/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1044S1) |
01/31/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/03/2020 | Floor substitute printed 20107505D-S2 (McPike) |
02/03/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1044S2) |
02/03/2020 | Read second time |
02/03/2020 | Committee substitute rejected 20107052D-S1 |
02/03/2020 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/03/2020 | Substitute by Senator McPike agreed to 20107505D-S2 |
02/03/2020 | Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1044S2 |
02/04/2020 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
02/13/2020 | Read first time |
02/13/2020 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
02/13/2020 | Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions |
02/21/2020 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) |
02/25/2020 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2020 | Read second time |
02/28/2020 | Read third time |
02/28/2020 | Passed by for the day |
03/02/2020 | Passed by for the day |
03/03/2020 | Read third time |
03/03/2020 | Passed House (76-Y 18-N) |
03/03/2020 | VOTE: Passage (76-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
03/06/2020 | Enrolled |
03/06/2020 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1044ER) |
03/06/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1044ER) |
03/07/2020 | Signed by President |
03/07/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
03/12/2020 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020 |
03/12/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 |
04/09/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 943 (effective 7/1/20) |
04/09/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0943) |
Comments
Separate licensing for Funeral Director and Embalmer emphasizes the different skills needed for the different tasks. This bill should be passed.
The Funeral Director must have superior "people skills". This person is interacting with families at a very fragile time. The person performing Embalming has no interaction with the living, but needs technological skills to meet the family desires as obtained by the Funeral Director.
More people are choosing cremation or green burial than the previously accepted common custom of Embalming. A separate license for Embalmer gives recognition to the skill required in this endeavor and reduces the number of individuals who routinely handle hazardous chemicals.
There are many people who are essential to the successful and caring operation of a Funeral Home that do not have a degree in Mortuary Science. Separating the license for the Embalmer gives recognition that there are disparate tasks required in serving the public.