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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3007, with Committee Amendments (New Jersey, June 12, 2025)

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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3007, with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated June 12, 2025. The committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 3007, which as amended allows for the natural organic reduction or controlled supervised decomposition of deceased individuals. The bill authorizes the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey to adopt rules setting minimum requirements for a natural organic reduction facility, and requires that a facility receive a certificate of registration from the board. The committee amendments prohibit operating a facility at a location not specified in a certificate of registration, update the effective date and make technical changes. The statement says the bill is identical to Assembly Bill No. 4085 (2R).

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“Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3007, with Committee Amendments (New Jersey, June 12, 2025).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2025-06-12-scm-s3007-s1-d9237cc510/, SHA-256 efbe574c40eeed7221ad0dfa21189f75c982cf5f4ca508db4f612801b84c013c.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                     STATEMENT TO

                   SENATE, No. 3007
                    with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                       DATED: JUNE 12, 2025

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3007.
    As amended, this bill allows for the natural organic reduction or
controlled supervised decomposition of deceased individuals.
Provisions in current law addressing embalming and funeral directing
are updated under the bill to incorporate the creation and regulation of
natural organic reduction facilities and the oversight of the organic
reduction process. Specifically, this bill authorizes the State Board of
Mortuary Science of New Jersey (board) to adopt rules and regulations
to establish minimum requirements for a natural organic reduction
facility and the manner in which it is to be maintained, and minimum
requirements for the process for conducting natural organic reduction.
The bill requires that a natural organic reduction facility receive a
certificate of registration issued by the board.
    Under this bill, a person is prohibited from operating, maintaining,
or using a natural organic reduction facility (facility) unless: (1) the
individual, partnership, or corporation is annually registered with the
board in accordance to the provisions of State law; (2) the certificate of
registration issued by the board and the license of the natural organic
reduction operator are both conspicuously displayed within the
facility; (3) the facility and all natural organic reduction is under the
immediate and personal supervision, direction, management, and
control of a person duly licensed as a practitioner of mortuary science
or duly licensed as a funeral director; and (4) the construction,
maintenance, and operation of the facility conforms to the rules and
regulations of the board promulgated to safeguard and promote public
health, safety, morals, and welfare.
    As reported by the committee, Senate Bill No. 3007 is identical to
Assembly Bill No. 4085 (2R), which was also reported by the
committee on this date.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
  The committee amended the bill to:
  (1) prohibit any natural organic reduction facility from being
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operated, maintained, or used at any location by any person, firm, or
corporation at any location not specified in a certificate of registration
issued by the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey;
    (2) update the effective date to reflect when the act will take
effect; and
    (3) make technical changes.

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