relative to the regulation of funeral directors.

CHAPTER 22
HB 1119 - FINAL VERSION

12Feb2026... 0337h
2026 SESSION
26-2417
09/08

HOUSE BILL
1119

AN ACT
relative to the regulation of funeral directors.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill creates a state licensing process for the position of associate funeral director.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12Feb2026... 0337h 26-2417
09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the regulation of funeral directors.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

22:1 New Section; Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Amend RSA 325 by inserting after section 14 the following new section:
325:14-a Associate Funeral Directors.
No person shall engage or hold himself or herself out as engaged in being an associate funeral director, unless the person:
I. Holds an associate funeral director's license from the office of professional licensure and certification;
II. Has passed such examinations approved by the board to ascertain efficiency and qualifications to engage in being an associate funeral director;
III. Has completed a funeral director certificate program approved by the board; and
IV. Has completed a one-year course in apprenticeship under the supervision of a duly licensed or registered funeral director or embalmer.

22:2 Embalmers and Funeral Directors; Associate Funeral Director. Amend RSA 325:1, II to read as follows:
II. "Associate funeral director" means an individual who is duly licensed[
, by passage of a written examination, in another state and who has either secured potential employment as a funeral director or has committed to the purchase of an existing funeral home in this state upon licensure
]
under RSA 325:14-a
.

22:3 Embalmers and Funeral Directors; Rulemaking Authority. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 325:9, II to read as follows:
II. The qualifications of applicants in addition to those requirements set by RSA 325:13 [
and 14
],
RSA 325:14, and RSA 325:14-a,
and including the qualifications for satisfactory evidence of:

22:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: April 03, 2026
Effective Date: June 02, 2026