SB19 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Clyde ChamblissSenator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2020
Title: Funeral Service, Board of, sunset law review, subject to and continued until Oct. 1, 2024.
Summary: SB 19 extends the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and its governing statutes until October 1, 2024 under the sunset review process.
What This Bill Does
The bill keeps the Alabama Board of Funeral Service in existence and allows it to continue regulating funeral service professionals through October 1, 2024. It preserves the current governing statutes (Sections 34-13-1 to 34-13-134). The Legislature agrees with the Sunset Committee’s recommendation. It becomes effective immediately upon the governor's signature or when it becomes law.

Who It Affects
Funeral service licensees (such as funeral directors and embalmers): continue to be regulated by the Board through October 1, 2024.
Consumers/public in Alabama seeking funeral services: continue to be protected by regulatory oversight through October 1, 2024.

Key Provisions
Section 1: Sunset Committee recommends continuance of the Alabama Board of Funeral Service until October 1, 2024.
Section 2: The Board’s existence and its regulatory functions, created under Sections 34-13-1 to 34-13-134, are continued until October 1, 2024 and those statutes are preserved.
Section 3: The Legislature concurs with the Sunset Committee’s recommendations in Sections 1 and 2.
Section 4: The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or otherwise becoming law.

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Subjects: Funeral Service, Board of