Georgia CommonsHB 1392: Funeral establishments; maintain at least eight caskets at each of its locations; revise requirement
Comm Sub version, the latest LegiScan holds · Last action February 24, 2026 · Introduced
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The House Committee on Regulated Industries offers the following substitute to HB 1392:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 43-18-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirement to only practice at licensed funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory and requirements of funeral establishments, so as to revise the requirement that a funeral establishment maintain at least eight caskets at each of its locations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 43-18-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to requirement to only practice at licensed funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory and requirements of funeral establishments, is amended to read as follows:
"43-18-70.
(a) No embalmer or funeral director shall engage in the practice of embalming or funeral directing at a funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory which is not licensed by the board.
(b) A funeral establishment must shall be at a specified street address or location and must have the following minimum facilities and equipment:
(1) A room with adequate seating for a minimum of 30 people in which funeral services may be conducted;
(2) A preparation room equipped with a nonporous, sanitary floor flooring and walls, and necessary drainage and ventilation and containing necessary instruments and supplies for the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies;
(3) A display room containing actual caskets or models, mock-ups, or sections of caskets or similar items if all such caskets are available and in stock for purchase at the establishment or can be delivered within 24 hours. Each funeral establishment shall maintain on the premises at each of its locations an adequate stock of funeral caskets which shall not be less than eight one and which shall meet such other criteria as necessary to protect the public;
(4) At least one operable motor hearse which is either owned or leased by the establishment and which has a current Georgia registration; and
(5) At least one church truck.
(c) The board may adopt and enforce such rules as may be reasonable and proper to define such necessary drainage, ventilation, and nonporous, sanitary flooring and walls and necessary and suitable instruments, supplies, and merchandise in a funeral establishment.
(d) If a funeral director resides in a funeral establishment to be accessible to the community for purposes of satisfying the requirements of funeral director in full and continuous charge, the living quarters in the funeral establishment shall include, at a minimum, furnished sleeping quarters, cooking, refrigerating, and bathing facilities."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.