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| Bill | Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services | Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services; Prohibiting a licensee of funeral or cemetery services from entering into certain contracts, agreements, or arrangements; revising the requirements for an applicant seeking licensure by endorsement to be an embalmer; deleting an exception to the educational requirements for an applicant seeking licensure to be a funeral director; authorizing a licensee or a licensed facility to dispose of human remains in a specified manner if the legally authorized person of the decedent fails, neglects, or refuses to direct the disposition, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | SB 598 | Florida SB 598 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-50 |
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4 | 39 | 6 | 2025-11-19 | 2026-04-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/526aec1f-c5ce-4ce4-abfb-4f2031751253 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/ByCategory | 5e45a31e7b8058dfa468fb22d8267f709b0e5030d136d5a0355daff6821a42b8 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 598 (2026) — Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services
Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services; Prohibiting a licensee of funeral or cemetery services from entering into certain contracts, agreements, or arrangements; revising the requirements for an applicant seeking licensure by endorsement to be an embalmer; deleting an exception to the educational requirements for an applicant seeking licensure to be a funeral director; authorizing a licensee or a licensed facility to dispose of human remains in a specified manner if the legally authorized person of the decedent fails, neglects, or refuses to direct the disposition, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-50.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 598 Filed (filed) — source
- S 598 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 598 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- S 598 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage — 104–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable — 18–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
- Banking and Insurance — primary (organization)
- Truenow — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-11-19 Filed
filing - 2025-12-09 Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2026-01-13 Introduced
introduction - 2026-02-06 On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/11/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2026-02-11 CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- 2026-02-12 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2026-02-12 Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- 2026-02-18 CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
- 2026-02-20 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2026-02-25 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- 2026-02-26 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2026-02-26 Now in Fiscal Policy
- 2026-02-26 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2026-02-26 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
- 2026-03-02 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-03 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
- 2026-03-04 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-04 In Messages
- 2026-03-09 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-03-09 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- 2026-03-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-10 Amendment 692383 adopted
- 2026-03-10 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-03-10 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-10 In returning messages
- 2026-03-12 Refused to concur, requested House to recede
- 2026-03-12 In Messages
- 2026-03-12 Added to Senate Message List
- 2026-03-12 Amendment 692383 Recede
- 2026-03-12 CS passed; YEAS 104, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-17 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-04-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-23 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-04-24 Chapter No. 2026-50
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/526aec1f-c5ce-4ce4-abfb-4f2031751253. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).