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2024 SESSION

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SB 521 Preneed funeral contracts; declinable preneed funeral guarantee fee.

Introduced by: Angelia Williams Graves | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Preneed funeral contracts; declinable preneed funeral guarantee fee. Defines "declinable preneed funeral guarantee fee" as an optional and declinable fee agreed to by a preneed funeral contract purchaser, if offered by a seller, for which the cost of the supplies and services as described in the preneed funeral contract are guaranteed. The bill describes certain requirements that must be met for funeral service licensees to offer declinable preneed funeral guarantee fees. The bill directs the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104409D  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB521ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/28/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0247)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104409D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/24/24  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 01/26/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/24  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/30/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/24  Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
• 01/30/24  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/31/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/24  House: Read first time
• 02/13/24  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/15/24  House: Referred from General Laws by voice vote
• 02/15/24  House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
• 02/16/24  House: Assigned sub: Health
• 02/20/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/24  House: Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/24  House: Read second time
• 02/27/24  House: Read third time
• 02/27/24  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/04/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB521ER)
• 03/04/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 03/28/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 247 (effective 7/1/24)
• 03/28/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0247)