H.B. No. 0025

Funeral Service Practitioners Act.

 

Sponsored By:        Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

 

AN ACT relating to embalmers, funeral directors, undertakers and crematories; creating the board of funeral service practitioners; providing for regulation of funeral service practitioners and establishments; providing for licensure; providing for fees; providing penalties; providing for regulation of disposition of human remains; and providing for an effective date.

 

1/5/2014  Bill Number Assigned

2/10/2014 H Received for Introduction

2/11/2014 H Introduced and Referred to H07

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Baker, Barlow, Berger, Blake, Blevins, Blikre, Brown, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Coleman, Connolly, Davison, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Filer, Freeman, Gingery, Goggles, Greear, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Hutchings, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kirkbride, Krone, Larsen, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, Mader, McKim, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Northrup, Patton, Paxton, Petroff, Piiparinen, Reeder, Semlek, Sommers, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Walters, Watt, Wilson, Winters, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays:  Representative(s) Gay, Greene, Halverson and Kroeker

Excused:  Representative(s) Miller

Ayes 55    Nays 4    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/13/2014 H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Berger, Gay, Kirkbride, Mader, Paxton, Petroff and Zwonitzer, Dn.

Nays:  Representative(s) Greene

Excused:  Representative(s) Byrd

Ayes 7    Nays 1    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/13/2014 H Placed on General File

 

HB0025HS001/ADOPTED

Page 42-line 7          Delete "funeral"; after "insurance" insert "or pre-need funeral contracts as authorized by that license".  BERGER, CHAIRMAN

 

HB0025HW001/ADOPTED

Page 5-lines 21 through 24    Delete entirely and insert:

"(xv)  "Funeral director" means a person who assumes the responsibility for the operations of a particular funeral establishment or multiple funeral establishments, who ensures that the establishment complies with this chapter and all other laws under which the funeral establishment is operated, who is permitted by law to perform funeral directing and who:

(A)  Has been licensed prior to July 1, 2014 by the board of embalming as a funeral director; or

(B)  Is a licensed funeral service practitioner.".

Page 6-lines 1 through 4      Delete entirely.  PETROFF

 

2/14/2014 H Passed COW

2/17/2014 H Passed 2nd Reading

2/18/2014 H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Baker, Barlow, Berger, Blake, Blevins, Blikre, Brown, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Coleman, Connolly, Davison, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Filer, Freeman, Gay, Gingery, Goggles, Greear, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Hutchings, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kirkbride, Kroeker, Larsen, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, Mader, McKim, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Northrup, Patton, Paxton, Petroff, Piiparinen, Reeder, Semlek, Sommers, Stubson, Teeters, Walters, Watt, Wilson, Winters, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays:  Representative(s) Greene and Halverson

Excused:  Representative(s) Krone and Throne

Ayes 56    Nays 2    Excused 2    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/19/2014 S Received for Introduction

2/19/2014 S Introduced and Referred to S07

2/25/2014 S07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Hines, Johnson, Nutting and Scott

Nays:  Senator(s) Case

Ayes 4    Nays 1    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/25/2014 S Placed on General File

 

HB0025SS001/ADOPTED     (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 41-line 17         After "ceremonies" insert "except for providing the presence of human remains at the religious service".  CASE, CHAIRMAN

 

2/26/2014 S Passed COW

2/27/2014 S Passed 2nd Reading

2/28/2014 S Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, JD S02, Anderson, JL S28, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Coe, Cooper, Craft, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines, Johnson, Landen, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss, Schiffer, Scott and Von Flatern

Nays:  Senator(s) Case

Excused:  Senator(s) Christensen

Ayes 28    Nays 1    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/28/2014 H Received for Concurrence

2/28/2014 H Did Concur

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Baker, Barlow, Berger, Blake, Blevins, Blikre, Brown, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Connolly, Davison, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Filer, Freeman, Goggles, Greear, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Hutchings, Kasperik, Kirkbride, Kroeker, Krone, Larsen, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Northrup, Patton, Paxton, Petroff, Piiparinen, Reeder, Semlek, Sommers, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Walters, Watt, Wilson, Winters, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays:  Representative(s) Gay, Greene, Halverson and Jaggi

Excused:  Representative(s) Coleman, Gingery and Mader

Ayes 53    Nays 4    Excused 3    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

3/3/2014  Assigned Number HEA No. 0021

3/3/2014  H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0021

3/6/2014  Governor Signed HEA No. 0021

3/7/2014  Assigned Chapter Number

 

Chapter No. 0031  Session Laws of Wyoming 2014