ON MARCH 24, 2025, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 860, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 makes the following revisions:  Requires the associate degree used to substitute for one year of apprenticeship to be from a college accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education and removes the required semester or quarter hours for such degree.  Removes the requirement that the program of study used to substitute for one year of apprenticeship must be in funeral service education.  Requires such associate degree or completion of such program of study to be evidenced by an official transcript.  Changes the effective date of the bill from upon becoming a law to July 1, 2025.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 62-5-305(b), 62-5-305