Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 4085 (2R) — State of New Jersey (June 12, 2025)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to Assembly, No. 4085 [Second Reprint], State of New Jersey, dated June 12, 2025, reporting the bill favorably. The bill allows for the natural organic reduction, or controlled supervised decomposition, of deceased individuals and updates embalming and funeral directing law to regulate natural organic reduction facilities. It authorizes the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey to adopt minimum requirements for facilities and the reduction process and requires each facility to hold a certificate of registration. A facility must operate under the supervision of a licensed practitioner of mortuary science or funeral director, and the bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 3007.

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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY,
No. 4085

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE
12, 2025

The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably
Assembly Bill No. 4085 (2R).

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, 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, or under any prior law of this State; 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, Assembly Bill No. 4085
(2R) is identical to Senate Bill No. 3007, which was also amended and reported
by the committee on this date.

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