Funeral Directors and Establishments; funeral directors be licensed embalmers; remove the requirement

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, so as to remove the requirement that funeral directors be licensed embalmers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Every action

19 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 5, 2026SenateSenate Third Read
2. Feb 5, 2026SenateSenate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
3. Feb 6, 2026CommitteeHouse First Readers · House Regulated Industries
4. Feb 9, 2026HouseHouse Second Readers
5. Feb 24, 2026CommitteeHouse Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · House Regulated Industries
6. Mar 10, 2026HouseHouse Postponed
7. Mar 12, 2026HouseHouse Third Readers
8. Mar 12, 2026HouseHouse Passed/Adopted By Substitute

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 5 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat.

• Larry Walker, IIIR Primary sponsor · District 20