Funeral Board Transportation Agreements/Ins.
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SB 256 — Funeral Board Transportation Agreements/Ins.
Last action — Passed 1st Reading
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 10, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.
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1 sponsor
0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
15 added · 16 removedPlain-language change summary
The changes in Senate Bill 256 involve minor edits for clarity and organization, particularly in the definitions and procedures related to insurance. For example, some sentences have been restructured and extra spaces removed to improve readability. This matters because clearer language ensures that those affected by the bill—such as insurers and consumers—can better understand their rights and responsibilities, reducing the chances of confusion or misinterpretation.
FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA MarSESSION 10, 2025 S.B.S 1 SENATE BILL 256 Short Title:
256 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS35114-NB-57 Short Title:
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 11, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION PROTECTION AGREEMENTS PROVIDED BY CERTAIN FUNERAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
… (10) "Transportation protection agreement" means an agreement that primarily provides for the coordination and arrangingarrangingof of all professional services related to the preparation of human remains or cremated remains for the purpose of initial and subsequent transportation of those remains." SECTION 1.(b) G.S.
*DRS35114-NB-57**S256-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 2.(a) G.S.
Except to the extent an insurer participates in a risk sharing plan under Article 42 of this Chapter, nothingnothingin in this section requires any insurer to insure every kind of risk that it is authorized to insure.
Except to the extent an insurerparticipates in a risk sharingplan underArticle42ofthisunderArticle42 ofthis Chapter,no insurer maytransact any other business than that specified in its charter and articles of association or incorporation.
In addition to any power to engage in any other kind of business than an insurance business that is specifically conferred by the provisions of Articles 1 through 64 of this Chapter, any insurer authorized to do business in this State may engage in such other kinds of business to the extent necessarily or properlyproperlyincidental incidental to the kinds of insurance business that it is authorized to do in this State.
143B-472 Page 2 DRS35114-NB-57Senate Bill 256-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 through 143B-472.28 Article 13E of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes or railroad burial associations." SECTION 2.(d) G.S.
"(8) "Lifeinsurance""Lifeinsurance"means means insurance coverageonhumanlives,coverage includingonhumanlives, benefitsincludingbenefits of endowment and annuities, and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income;
– A life insurance policy, annuity contract, or other insurance contract, or any series of contracts or agreements in any form or manner, issued on a group or individual basis by an insurance company authorized by law to do business in this State, which, whether bybyassignment assignment or otherwise, has for its sole purpose the funding of a specific preneed funeral contract or a specific insurance-funded funeral or burial prearrangement, the insured being the person for whose service the funds were paid." SECTION 3.
DRS35114-NB-57Senate Bill 256-First Edition Page 3
Action History
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Passed 1st Reading
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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Filed
Sponsors
- Todd Johnson · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (1)
- Todd Johnson Republican
Not signed on (178)
178 members have not signed on to this bill.
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- SB 256 is sponsored by Todd Johnson (Republican).
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