HB1222 • 2025

An Act amending the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.1898, No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law, further providing for application for license and qualifications of applicants.

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Sponsor: CEPEDA-FREYTIZ
Last action: 2025-04-22
Official status: Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 22, 2025
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act amending the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.1898, No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law, further providing for application for license and qualifications of applicants.

What This Bill Does

An Act amending the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.1898, No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law, further providing for application for license and qualifications of applicants.

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Bill History

2025-04-22 STATE GOVERNMENT
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 22, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.1898, No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law, further providing for application for license and qualifications of applicants.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1438
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1222
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, KHAN, WAXMAN,
HOHENSTEIN, RIVERA AND BOYD, APRIL 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.1898, No.522),
entitled "An act to provide for the better protection of life
and health of the citizens of this Commonwealth by requiring
and regulating the examination, licensure and registration of
persons and registration of corporations engaging in the
care, preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased
persons, and providing penalties; providing for a State Board
of Funeral Directors in the Department of State, and
repealing other laws," further providing for application for
license and qualifications of applicants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3(b) of the act of January 14, 1952 (1951
P.L.1898, No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law, is amended
to read:
Section 3. Application for License; Qualifications of
Applicants.--* * *
(b) Each applicant shall be [a citizen of the United
States,] at least twenty-one (21) years of age[,] and a graduate
of an approved high school of this Commonwealth or have an
education equivalent thereto under the rules and regulations of
the board.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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