Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2822
Board of Funeral Services; revise certain duties, powers and licensing requirements.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNERAL DIRECTORS TO REQUIRE APPLICANTS TO HAVE SERVED AS A RESIDENT TRAINEE FOR NOT LESS THAN TWELVE MONTHS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTOR; TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN TIME REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR TRAINEE AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 73-11-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 73-11-57.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY FOR WHICH A LICENSE IS REQUIRED UNDER THE CHAPTER WITHOUT HOLDING SUCH LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY NOT BE, ACT AS, OR ADVERTISE OR HOLD HIMSELF OR HERSELF OUT TO BE A FUNERAL SERVICE, A FUNERAL DIRECTOR, OR A CERTIFIED CREMATORY OPERATOR UNLESS HE OR SHE IS CURRENTLY LICENSED BY THE BOARD; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE TO ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHO IT BELIEVES HAS VIOLATED PROVISIONS OF THE LAW; TO ALLOW THE BOARD TO IMPOSE A FINE OF UP TO $5,000.00 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CHAPTER; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO HOLD AND CONDUCT HEARINGS ON SUBJECT VIOLATIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO ISSUE AN EMERGENCY ORDER UPON AN UNLICENSED PERSON OR ENTITY; TO EMPOWER THE BOARD TO FILE FOR AN INJUNCTION SEEKING ENFORCEMENT OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER; TO PROVIDE THAT AN AGGRIEVED PARTY MAY APPEAL FROM THE ASSESSMENT AND LEVY OF A MONETARY PENALTY; TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-58, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN TIME REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE DISPOSITION OF DECEDENT'S BODIES BY FUNERAL SERVICE PRACTITIONERS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-69, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT BEFORE A CREMATORY OR FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT MAY DISPOSE OF UNCLAIMED REMAINS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM THAT IS OBTAINED FROM THE PERSON ENTITLED TO CONTROL THE DISPOSITION OF CREMATED REMAINS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate