Illinois HB 5606: FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERS

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB5606

Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 41/1-25 new

 Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides that, as soon as practical after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall study the current practices of funeral directing and embalming, including how other states regulate those practices and industries and the potential costs and benefits to licensing those professions separately, and shall determine what legislative and administrative changes would be necessary to establish separate funeral director licenses and embalmers licenses. Provides that the study and recommended legislative changes shall be presented to the General Assembly by no later than January 1, 2027. Sets forth findings. Effective immediately.

LRB104 20102 AAS 33553 b

A BILL FOR

HB5606LRB104 20102 AAS 33553 b

1 AN ACT concerning regulation.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing 

5Code is amended by adding Section 1-25 as follows:

6 (225 ILCS 41/1-25 new)

7 Sec. 1-25. Separate licensing for funeral directors and 

8embalmers; study and recommendations. 

9 (a) The General Assembly finds that:

10 (1) Illinois law currently requires a unified funeral 

11 director and embalmer license for individuals who wish to 

12 engage in funeral directing, regardless of whether they 

13 perform embalming services.

14 (2) Funeral directing and embalming are distinct 

15 professional practices involving different skills, 

16 training, and responsibilities, a