HR 348 — FUNERALS & FUNERAL HOMES: Creates a subcommittee of the House Committee on Commerce to study funeral planning regulation and oversight

HLSENROLLED 26RS-5950 ORIGINAL Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.

348 BY REPRESENTATIVE WALTERS FUNERALSA &RESOLUTION FUNERALHOMES:To create a subcommittee to be comprised of members of the House Committee on Commerce to studywhetherpersons workingas funeral planners,funeralarrangers, end-of-life doulas, death doulas, or under anysimilar designation should be subject to state regulation, credentialing, and oversight, and to make recommendations for policy and legislative changes on or before November 1, 2026.

Creates a subcommittee of the House Committee on Commerce to study funeral planning regulation or oversight A RESOLUTION To create a subcommittee to be comprised of members of the House Committee on Commerce to studywhetherpersons workingas funeral planners,funeralarrangers, end-of-life doulas, death doulas, or under anysimilar designation should be subject to state regulation, credentialing, and oversight, and to make recommendations for policy and legislative changes on or before November 1, 2026.

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348 ENROLLED does not define, license, register, or set qualifications for persons offering paid funeral planning or end-of-life doula services as a profession;

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BEPage IT2 FURTHERof RESOLVED3 thatHR theNO. subcommittee shall hold public hearings to receivetestimonyfromanyinterestedpartyandshallspecificallysolicitadviceandguidance from the Louisiana Funeral Directors Association, the Louisiana Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the Louisiana Cemetery Association, and other funeral industry professionals.

348 ENROLLED BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the subcommittee shall hold public hearings to receivetestimonyfromanyinterestedpartyandshallspecificallysolicitadviceandguidance from the Louisiana Funeral Directors Association, the Louisiana Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the Louisiana Cemetery Association, and other funeral industry professionals.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HR 348 Original 2026 Regular Session Walters Creates a subcommittee of the House Committee on Commerce to study whether persons workingasfuneralplanners,funeralarrangers,end-of-lifedoulas,deathdoulas,orunderany similar designation should be subject to state regulation, credentialing, and oversight.

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