MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Business and Commerce By: Representative Banks House Bill 1011 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE FUNERAL DIRECTOR ASSISTANTS TO PERFORM ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT A FUNERAL DIRECTOR MAY PERFORM EXCEPT FOR MAKING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 73-11-65, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 73-11-65. (1) Every funeral service or interment, or part thereof, that is conducted in Mississippi must be in the actual charge and under the supervision of a funeral director or funeral service licensee who is licensed under this chapter. However, this section shall not prevent a family from burying its own dead without charge. (2) A funeral director assistant, under the supervision of a licensed funeral director, may perform all of the activities that a funeral director may perform except for making funeral arrangements. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Business and Commerce
By: Representative Banks
# House Bill 1011
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE FUNERAL DIRECTOR ASSISTANTS TO PERFORM ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT A FUNERAL DIRECTOR MAY PERFORM EXCEPT FOR MAKING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 73-11-65, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-11-65. (1) Every funeral service or interment, or part thereof, that is conducted in Mississippi must be in the actual charge and under the supervision of a funeral director or funeral service licensee who is licensed under this chapter. However, this section shall not prevent a family from burying its own dead without charge.
(2) A funeral director assistant, under the supervision of a licensed funeral director, may perform all of the activities that a funeral director may perform except for making funeral arrangements.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.