All Roll Calls
Yes: 144 • No: 20
OklahomaHB 2035Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouse
Professions and occupations; Funeral Services Licensing Act; definitions; effective date.
Sponsored By: Brian Hill (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
New rules for funeral homes and staff
The law clarifies who must be licensed as a funeral director or embalmer and what funeral directing covers. Duties start at the first call and end at final disposition; certain ambulance calls are not first calls. Personal supervision means a licensed director or embalmer is physically present. Apprentices must register with the Oklahoma Funeral Board and be personally supervised. Every funeral home, crematory, or commercial embalming facility must name a funeral director in charge who is licensed as both a director and an embalmer. The law also defines what counts as a funeral establishment and a commercial embalming establishment. All these rules take effect November 1, 2026.
Cremation rules add water method
The law defines cremation to include burning and the processing of bone fragments. It also includes alkaline hydrolysis, a water-and-chemical process done in a licensed crematory. A crematory includes a building with a furnace or an alkaline hydrolysis vessel. Only an authorizing agent under state law can order cremation or final disposition. These rules start November 1, 2026.
Body transport plans exempt from rules
A transportation protection agreement only arranges preparation for transport and the transport of remains. It is not funeral service merchandise or a funeral service under this law. It is exempt from this chapter, Title 36, and the Oklahoma Insurance Code. This change takes effect November 1, 2026.
Clear price list rules for funerals
Funeral homes must list prices for goods and services that appear on the Federal Trade Commission General Price List. Cemetery sales of land, markers, monuments, crypts, niches, and outer enclosures are not part of that category. An outer enclosure means a grave liner, grave box, or grave vault. These definitions apply starting November 1, 2026.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Brian Hill
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Nick Archer
Republican • House
Kelly Hines
Republican • Senate
Remove Representative Archer as principal House author and substitute with Representative Lowe (Dick) Add as coauthor Representative Archer Remove Representative Lowe (Dick) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Hill Add as principal Senate author Senator Hines
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/5/2026
THIRD READING
Yes: 41 • No: 5
Senate vote • 4/9/2026
Top_of_Page
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/9/2026
Committee vote: Business & Insurance
Yes: 8 • No: 0
House vote • 3/16/2026
THIRD READING
Yes: 73 • No: 14
House vote • 2/24/2026
DO PASS
Yes: 15 • No: 1
House vote • 2/10/2026
DO PASS
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor 05/07/2026
5/11/2026HouseSent to Governor
5/5/2026HouseEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
5/5/2026SenateEnrolled, signed, to Senate
5/5/2026HouseReferred for enrollment
5/5/2026HouseEngrossed measure signed, returned to House
5/5/2026SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 5
5/5/2026SenateGeneral Order, Considered
5/5/2026SenatePlaced on General Order
4/14/2026SenateReported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
4/9/2026SenateSecond Reading referred to Business and Insurance
4/1/2026SenateFirst Reading
3/17/2026SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
3/17/2026HouseReferred for engrossment
3/16/2026HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 14
3/16/2026HouseGeneral Order
3/16/2026HouseCR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
2/24/2026HouseAuthored by Senator Hines (principal Senate author)
2/10/2026HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Archer
2/10/2026HousePolicy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Business
2/10/2026HouseReferred to Business
2/4/2026HouseReferred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight
2/4/2026HouseWithdrawn from Rules Committee
2/4/2026HouseRemove Representative Lowe (Dick) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Hill
2/2/2026HouseRemove Representative Archer as principal House author and substitute with Representative Lowe (Dick)
2/2/2026House
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
5/5/2026
Floor (Senate)
4/13/2026
Senate Committee Report
4/9/2026
Engrossed
3/16/2026
Floor (House)
2/27/2026
House Committee Report
2/24/2026
House Policy Committee Report
2/10/2026
Introduced
1/16/2025
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