republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/sb-598.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 598"
citation: "Florida SB 598 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-50"
primary_sponsors: ["Truenow"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-11-19"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/526aec1f-c5ce-4ce4-abfb-4f2031751253"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5e45a31e7b8058dfa468fb22d8267f709b0e5030d136d5a0355daff6821a42b8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# 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.

1. **S 598 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 598 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 598 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 598 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/BillText/er/HTML)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/526aec1f-c5ce-4ce4-abfb-4f2031751253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).