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AN ACT To amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, so as to remove the requirement that funeral directors be licensed embalmers; to revise definitions; to revise provisions concerning the unlicensed practice of funeral directing and embalming; to revise the powers and duties of the State Board of Funeral Services; to revise membership and terms of the board; to provide for term limits; to change certain provisions concerning the education requirements for funeral directors and embalmers; to provide separate examination requirements for funeral directors and embalmers; to change certain provisions relating to the apprenticeship requirements of funeral directors and embalmers; to revise provisions concerning the licensure of funeral directors and embalmers by reciprocity; to make the provisions concerning the reinstatement of licenses applicable to embalmers; to revise provisions concerning funeral establishments; to require that a funeral director in full and continuous charge of a funeral establishment be licensed as both a funeral director and an embalmer; to provide for responsibility of all funeral services offered at a funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory; to change certain provisions concerning the disposition of cremated remains; to provide for conforming cross-references and terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. S. B. 239 (SUB)

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Marty Harbin (R)*,  Derek Mallow (D)*,  Randy Robertson (R)*,  Larry Walker (R)*,  Rick Williams (R)*,  Alan Powell (R), 

House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (on 02/24/2026)

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