B47 is a bill in the District of Columbia Legislature (26th Council): Funeral Directors Licensing Reform Amendment Act of 2025.

What is the status of B47?

Signed into law as of October 23, 2026. Latest action: Act A26-0434 Published in DC Register (October 23, 2026).

Where is the official record for B47?

On the District of Columbia Legislature website: https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B26-0047

District of Columbia legislation · 26th Council

District of Columbia B47: Funeral Directors Licensing Reform Amendment Act of 2025

Q: What does B47 do?

In its own words: To amend theDistrictofColumbia Funeral Services Regulatory Act of 1984 to modify and add definitions related to the practiceoffuneral directingand embalming, to change the requirements fora funeral director's license, to createan embalmer's license, tomodify the requirements forafuneral directing orembalming apprenticeship, torevise supervision requirements forembalming and funeral director apprentices, and to incorporate the practice ofembalming intothe provisionsgoverning fraud and grounds for denial, suspension, or revocationof a license; and to amend section 47-2853.06 ofthe DistrictofColu.

Status: Signed into law, October 23, 2026

As introduced Bill 26-47 would amend the requirements for a funeral director’s license, and create an embalmer’s license. Among other things, it would also create requirements for a funeral directing or embalming internship.

What the bill says

To amend theDistrictofColumbia Funeral Services Regulatory Act of 1984 to modify and add definitions related to the practiceoffuneral directingand embalming, to change the requirements fora funeral director's license, to createan embalmer's license, tomodify the requirements forafuneral directing orembalming apprenticeship, torevise supervision requirements forembalming and funeral director apprentices, and to incorporate the practice ofembalming intothe provisionsgoverning fraud and grounds for denial, suspension, or revocationof a license; and to amend section 47-2853.06 ofthe DistrictofColu.

From the enrolled text, October 20, 2026:

To amend theDistrictofColumbia Funeral Services Regulatory Act of 1984 to modify and add definitions related to the practiceoffuneral directingand embalming, to change the requirements fora funeral director's license, to createan embalmer's license, tomodify the requirements forafuneral directing orembalming apprenticeship, torevise supervision requirements forembalming and funeral director apprentices, and to incorporate the practice ofembalming intothe provisionsgoverning fraud and grounds for denial, suspension, or revocationof a license; and to amend section 47-2853.06 ofthe DistrictofColumbia Official Code to update thecomposition ofthe BoardofFuneral Directors. BE ITENACTED BY THECOUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA,That this act may be cited asthe "Funeral Services ModernizationAmendment Act of2026". Sec. 2. TheDistrictofColumbia Funeral Services Regulatory Act of 1984, effective May22, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-84; D.C. Official Code § 3-401 er seq.), isamendedas follows: (a) Section2 (D.C. Official Code § 3-401) isamended by striking the phrase"apprentice funeral directors," and inserting the phrase "embalmers, apprenticeships," in its place. (b) Section 3 (D.C. Official Code § 3-402) is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (2) is repealed. (2) Paragraph(3) isamended bystriking thephrase "forthe District ofColumbia" andinserting thephrase "established by D.C. OfficialCode § 47-2853.06(4)" in its place. (3) A newparagraph (7A) isadded to read as follows: "(7A) "Embalmer" means aperson licensed in the District to performthe practice ofembalming.". (4) Paragraph (9) is amended to read as follows: "(9) "Funeraldirector"meansaperson licensed bythe District to perform the …

District of Columbia B47: Funeral Directors Licensing Reform Amendment Act of 2025

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