Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S598: Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services
Status: Chaptered, April 24, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to funeral, cemetery, and consumer services; amending s. 497.164, F.S.; prohibiting a licensee of funeral or cemetery services from entering into certain contracts, agreements, or arrangements; amending s. 497.263, F.S.; revising the procedures for applicants seeking a cemetery license; amending s. 497.270, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 497.369, F.S.; revising the requirements for an applicant seeking licensure by endorsement to be an embalmer; amending s. 497.374, F.S.…
From the enrolled text, March 18, 2026:
An act relating to funeral, cemetery, and consumer services; amending s. 497.164, F.S.; prohibiting a licensee of funeral or cemetery services from entering into certain contracts, agreements, or arrangements; amending s. 497.263, F.S.; revising the procedures for applicants seeking a cemetery license; amending s. 497.270, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 497.369, F.S.; revising the requirements for an applicant seeking licensure by endorsement to be an embalmer; amending s. 497.374, F.S.; revising the requirements for an applicant seeking licensure by endorsement to be a funeral director; amending s. 497.375, F.S.; deleting an exception to the educational requirements for an applicant seeking licensure to be a funeral director; amending s. 497.376, F.S.; revising the requirements for an applicant seeking a license by endorsement as a combination funeral director and embalmer; amending s. 497.377, F.S.; revising the educational requirements for licensure to be a combination funeral director and embalmer intern; amending s. 497.386, F.S.; 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; amending s. 497.459, F.S.; revising the method in which a preneed licensee must send written notice to cancel a preneed contract; authorizing the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services …