New Hampshire HB 1119: relative to the regulation of funeral directors.

Bill Text

HB 1119 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

12Feb2026... 0337h

2026 SESSION

 26-2417

 09/08

HOUSE BILL 1119

AN ACT relative to the regulation of funeral directors.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

 This bill creates a state licensing process for the position of associate funeral director.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Feb2026... 0337h 26-2417

 09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to the regulation of funeral directors.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Section; Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Amend RSA 325 by inserting after section 14 the following new section:

 325:14-a Associate Funeral Directors. 

 No person shall engage or hold himself or herself out as engaged in being an associate funeral director, unless the person: 

 I. Holds an associate funeral director's license from the office of professional licensure and certification; 

 II. Has passed such examinations approved by the board to ascertain efficiency and qualifications to engage in being an associate funeral director; 

 III. Has completed a funeral director certificate program approved by the board; and 

 IV. Has completed a one-year course in apprenticeship under the supervision of a duly licensed or registered funeral director or embalmer. 

 2 Embalmers and Funeral Directors; Associate Funeral Director. Amend RSA 325:1, II to read as follows: 

 II. "Associate funeral director" means an individual who is duly licensed[, by passage of a written examination, in another state and who has either secured potential employment as a funeral director or has committed to the purchase of an existing funeral home in this state upon licensure] under RSA 325:14-a.

 3 Embalmers and Funeral Directors; Rulemaking Authority. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 325:9, II to read as follows: 

 II. The qualifications of applicants in addition to those requirements set by RSA 325:13 [and 14], RSA 325:14, and RSA 325:14-a, and including the qualifications for satisfactory evidence of:

 4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.