Florida Senate Bill 598

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on April 24 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-24 - Chapter No. 2026-50
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Prohibiting a licensee of funeral or cemetery services from entering into certain contracts, agreements, or arrangements; revising the requirements for an applicant seeking licensure by endorsement to be an embalmer; deleting an exception to the educational requirements for an applicant seeking licensure to be a funeral director; authorizing a licensee or a licensed facility to dispose of human remains in a specified manner if the legally authorized person of the decedent fails, neglects, or refuses to direct the disposition, etc.

Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services

Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Senate Banking and Insurance Committee

Sen. Keith Truenow [R]

2026-03-12 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#848 (Y: 104 N: 0 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-10 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#759 (Y: 111 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-03-02 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - Senate - Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-11 - Senate - Senate Banking and Insurance (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-24		Chapter No. 2026-50
2026-04-23		Approved by Governor
2026-04-21		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-17	Senate	Ordered enrolled
2026-03-12	House	CS passed; YEAS 104, NAYS 0
2026-03-12	House	Amendment 692383 Recede
2026-03-12	House	Added to Senate Message List
2026-03-12	House	In Messages
2026-03-12	Senate	Refused to concur, requested House to recede
2026-03-10	Senate	In returning messages
2026-03-10	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0
2026-03-10	House	Read 3rd time
2026-03-10	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-03-10	House	Amendment 692383 adopted
2026-03-10	House	Read 2nd time
2026-03-09	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2026-03-09	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
2026-03-09	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2026-03-04	House	In Messages
2026-03-04	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
2026-03-04	Senate	Read 3rd time
2026-03-04	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-03-03	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
2026-03-03	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-03-02	Senate	Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
2026-02-26	Senate	CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
2026-02-26	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-26	Senate	Now in Fiscal Policy
2026-02-26	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-25	Senate	CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-02-20	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-18	Senate	CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
2026-02-12	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
2026-02-12	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-11	Senate	CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2026-02-06	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/11/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2025-12-09	Senate	Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
2025-11-19	Senate	Filed

H1231 (Similar To) 2026-03-10 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 598

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
497	164		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	260		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	263		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	270		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	369		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	374		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	375		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	376		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	377		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	386		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	459		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	607		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	404		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/BillText/c2/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Amendment/834316/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Amendment/692383/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Analyses/2026s00598.pre.bi.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Analyses/2026s00598.bi.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Analyses/2026s00598.pre.aeg.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Analyses/2026s00598.aeg.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Analyses/2026s00598.pre.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Analyses/2026s00598.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Analyses/2026s00598.hms.bi.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Vote/2026-02-11%200900AM~S00598%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Vote/2026-02-25%200130PM~S00598%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Vote/2026-03-02%201200PM~S00598%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Vote/SenateVote_s00598c2008.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Vote/HouseVote_s00598c2759.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/598/Vote/HouseVote_s00598c2848.PDF