Requirements for funeral director apprenticeships and licenses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, in order to be eligible for a funeral director license, an individual must, in addition to satisfying other requirements, have 1) completed a funeral director apprenticeship; 2) completed two academic years of instruction in a recognized college or university; and 3) completed nine months or more instruction in a prescribed course in mortuary science. Current law requires that the nine months of mortuary science be completed after completing a 16-hour certification class, which is a prerequisite to beginning the apprenticeship.

This bill 1) requires 24 semester credits of education, instead of two years, in order to be granted a funeral director license; and 2) eliminates the requirement that the nine months of instruction in mortuary science be completed after completing a 16-hour certification class. The bill further provides that if an individual completes the nine months of instruction in mortuary science before beginning an apprenticeship, the 16-hour certification class is not required to begin the apprenticeship.

Who's behind it

23 lawmakers are its authors⁠. 20 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DSPS

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment Histories
• LC Amendment Memo