H.R.348

Creates a subcommittee of the House Committee on Commerce to study funeral planning regulation or oversight

Introduced·5/27/26
Ment Text

Establishes a subcommittee to study regulation of funeral planning and end-of-life doula services

Louisiana HR348 creates a subcommittee of the House Committee on Commerce to study whether persons working as funeral planners, funeral arrangers, end-of-life doulas, or death doulas should be subject to state regulation, credentialing, and oversight. The subcommittee will consider defining these terms, appropriate scope of practice, credentialing requirements, prohibitions on undisclosed fees, contractual disclosure, transparency, and civil liability allocation. The subcommittee will hold public hearings and make recommendations by November 1, 2026.

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History

May 29

House

Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

May 28

House

Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading.

May 27

House

Read by title. Lies over under the rules.