ASSEMBLY REGULATED PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 2807

 

with committee amendments

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED:  JUNE 6, 2019

 

      The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 2807.

      As amended, this bill provides that no mortuary within New Jersey shall prepare food or refreshments on the mortuary premises in conjunction with any funeral or in conjunction with any service offered or provided for the preparation and disposal of dead human bodies.

      In addition, the bill directs that a mortuary may provide or distribute, or permit persons attending a funeral or other service, or making funeral arrangements, to distribute and consume refreshments on or about the mortuary premises, provided the mortuary complies with applicable State and local health and sanitation requirements, only nonalcoholic beverages are served, and refreshments are not stored, prepared, distributed, or consumed in areas in which dead human bodies are stored or prepared.

 

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amendments remove the section of the bill repealing section 16 of P.L.1960, c.184 (C.45:7-65.1) and provide that refreshments may be provided, distributed, or consumed under certain circumstances.  The amendments provide that no mortuary within New Jersey shall prepare food or refreshments on the mortuary premises in conjunction with any funeral or in conjunction with any service offered or provided for the preparation and disposal of dead human bodies.

      In addition, the amendments direct that a mortuary may provide or distribute, or permit persons attending a funeral or other service, or making funeral arrangements, to distribute and consume refreshments on or about the mortuary premises, provided the mortuary complies with applicable State and local health and sanitation requirements, only nonalcoholic beverages are served, and refreshments are not stored, prepared, distributed, or consumed in areas in which dead human bodies are stored or prepared.