Idaho 2020 Session Status: Enacted

H 419 — MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, AND EMBALMERS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding board composition, licensee qualifications, fees, the certification of licensed funeral establishments, contracts, and advertising.

Last action — Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2020 Session Law Chapter 257 Effective: 07/01/2020

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 06, 2020. Enacted.

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How this bill changes current law

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This bill amends existing law regarding the Board of Morticians and various licensing requirements, primarily by removing the secretary position, updating qualifications, and addressing license fees.

  • Section 54-1105

    and secretary

    The bill removes the secretary position from the Board of Morticians.

  • Section 54-1109

    sixty (60) semester hours' or ninety (90) quarter-hours' instruction → sixty forty-five (6045) semester hours' or ninety sixty-eight (9068) quarter-hours' quarter hours of instruction

    The educational requirement for a mortician's license is reduced.

  • Section 54-1109

    successful completion of a course in an embalming school accredited by the American board of funeral service education, inc., or such other embalming school as approved by the board of morticians → Has completed and received an associate degree from a mortuary school accredited by the American board of funeral service education.

    The requirement for embalming education is changed to an associate degree from an accredited mortuary school.

  • Section 54-1109

    forty-five (45) → forty-five (6045)

    The text corrects a discrepancy in the required credit hours for funeral director licensure.

  • Section 54-1109

    successfully completed at least fifteen (15) semester credit hours or the equivalent from a mortuary college accredited by the American board of funeral service education, inc., or such credits as are otherwise approved by the board, with course of study to include business law, psychology, sociology, funeral service counseling, funeral service management, and other classes that relate to conducting funeral business.

    The specific educational requirements for funeral directors are updated and clarified.

  • Section 54-1111

    or its equivalent, or for as an establishment, or its equivalent;

    The text is clarified by removing redundant terms regarding license equivalency.

  • Section 54-1115

    TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSE FEES;

    A new section is added to outline the license fees for morticians and funeral directors.

Action History

  1. Reported Signed by Governor on March 24, 2020 Session Law Chapter 257 Effective: 07/01/2020

  2. Delivered to Governor at 2:40 p.m. on March 18, 2020

  3. Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor

  4. Signed by President; returned to House

  5. Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker

  6. Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate

  7. Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling

  8. Read third time in full – PASSED - 28-1-6AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Heider, Johnson, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Lodge, Martin, Mortimer, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WoodwardNAYS – HarrisAbsent and excused – Crabtree, Grow, Hill, Jordan, Nelson, WinderFloor Sponsor - HeiderTitle apvd - to House

  9. Retained on calendar

  10. Read second time; filed for Third Reading

  11. Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading

  12. Introduced, read first time; referred to: Commerce & Human Resources

  13. Received from the House passed; filed for first reading

  14. Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Goesling, Green, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kauffman, Kerby, Kingsley, Kiska, Lickley, Marshall, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Necochea, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Remington, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wisniewski, Wood, Young, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Shepherd, WintrowFloor Sponsor - LickleyTitle apvd - to Senate

  15. Read second time; Filed for Third Reading

  16. Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading

  17. Reported Printed and Referred to Business

  18. Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Sponsors

  • BUSINESS COMMITTEE · Primary

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Co-sponsors (0)

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