AlabamaAlabama funeral board may charge per funeral and require reports
Starting June 1, 2026, funeral establishments may face a fee for covered services, while preneed businesses must report contract and trust activity to the board.
What it does
For each final disposition involving funeral arrangements or other covered services, the funeral board may charge the establishment up to $30.
Businesses holding authority to sell preneed contracts must report their contract activity. After two missed reporting requirements, the board may require reports each quarter.
Each year, a business holding authority to sell preneed contracts must give the board a statement about its trust’s preneed activities.
Argument forReports on contracts and their funding, with more frequent reports after repeated missed filings, may help the board monitor preneed businesses.
Argument againstA fee of up to $30 for each covered funeral could raise funeral homes’ costs, which they may pass on to families.
More detail
The board may charge a funeral establishment up to $30 for each covered final disposition. The fee applies when an establishment arranges a funeral or provides other services regulated by this chapter for a final disposition. The board may set rules for assessing and collecting the fee. The fee provision takes effect June 1, 2026.
A certificate holder must report its preneed contract activity to the board. The reports cover preneed contracts and their funding, including trust assets, deposits, and withdrawals. The board sets the report’s form and may require reports as often as it considers necessary. After two failures to meet the reporting requirements, the board may require reports within 45 days after each calendar quarter, for a period it sets. The board sets how often reports are due. Quarterly reports may follow two defaults and continue for a period set by the board.
A certificate holder must file an annual statement about preneed activities of its trust. The statement covers preneed activities of a trust established by the certificate holder under this chapter. The board sets the filing date and form. The statement covers the preceding calendar year and is due by the date the board sets each year.
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History
- 2026
- Apr 17EnactedBecame Law
- Apr 9EnrolledTo Governor
- Apr 9Delivered to GovernorMinor
- Apr 9Signature Requested
- Apr 8Third Reading in Second House
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1321. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 8Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1321Passed House
- Apr 8Ready to Enroll
- Mar 17Reported Out of Committee Second House
- Mar 17Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)Minor
- Mar 12Bell 1st Amendment OfferedMinor
- Vote recorded Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 842. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 843. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 12Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 842Major
- Mar 12Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 843Passed Senate
- Mar 12Engrossed
- Mar 12Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and CommissionsMinor
- Mar 12Pending Committee Action in Second House (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- Feb 12Third Reading in House of Origin
- Vote recorded Third Reading in House of Origin. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Carried Over
- Jan 21Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Jan 21Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Governmental Affairs)Minor
- Jan 13Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental AffairsMinor
- Jan 13Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Governmental Affairs)Introduced
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