SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 2807

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 17, 2019

      The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 2807.

      This bill repeals section 16 of P.L.1960, c.184 (C.45:7-65.1), which prohibits a person who operates, maintains, or uses a mortuary from serving any food or refreshments in conjunction with any funeral or service offered for the preparation and disposal of dead human bodies.  If this bill is enacted into law and the prohibition is lifted, food or refreshments could be served to or catered for the friends and family of the deceased on the premises of a mortuary or funeral home at the discretion of the funeral director.