STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, No. 3940

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Assemblyman STANLEY)

ADOPTED: SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

      This floor amendment:

(1) updates references to “trainees” as “interns;”

(2) changes certain requirements for individuals seeking to practice in mortuary science, including the name of the type of instruction to be received by individuals to be “funeral service education;”

(3) changes certain requirements to sit for the examination required in statute; and

(4) eliminates residency in the State of New Jersey as a requirement for candidates for licensure or to sit for the examination.