Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3007 — State of New Jersey (June 12, 2025)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 3007, State of New Jersey, dated June 12, 2025, reporting the bill favorably with committee amendments. As amended, the bill allows natural organic reduction, or controlled supervised decomposition, of deceased individuals and authorizes the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey to set minimum requirements for facilities and the process. A facility needs a certificate of registration from the board, must display it with the operator's license, and must be under the supervision of a licensed practitioner of mortuary science or funeral director. The amendments bar operating a facility at any location not specified in its certificate, and 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

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 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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