Bill
SR 89
SR 89 confirms the governor's nominees to the Alabama Board of Funeral Services, giving consent for them to serve and regulate licensing, inspections, and discipline.
Status: Resolution (Senate) — Filed with Secretary of State
Introduced: 2025 (document records activity March–August 2025)
Primary sponsor: Sen. Waggoner (co-sponsors listed)
Note on source materials: The package provided contains multiple, inconsistent resolution texts and cross‑jurisdictional content (samples from other states and unrelated memorial/recognition resolutions). The bill metadata and title indicate SR 89 is a Senate resolution to confirm the governor’s appointees to the Board of Funeral Services; the text of those appointments (names, terms) is not included in the materials supplied. The timeline and legislative actions below are drawn from the record entries provided.
Purpose and intent
- To give the Alabama (state) Senate’s advice and consent to the governor’s nominations to the Board of Funeral Services so the nominees may legally assume their duties.
- The resolution is administrative and ceremonial in form (a confirmation), not a statutory change to substantive funeral services law.
Key provisions (typical for this type of resolution)
- Lists the governor’s nominees to the Board of Funeral Services (names and term lengths would normally appear here; not provided).
- Officially confirms (by resolution) the nominees to fill specified seats on the board.
- Authorizes the confirmed appointees to exercise the powers, duties, and responsibilities of board membership under existing statutes governing funeral directors, embalmers, funeral establishments, licensing, inspections, and discipline.
Who is affected
- Nominees/appointees: receipt of confirmation to serve on the Board.
- Board of Funeral Services: achieves full membership to carry out licensing, oversight, and regulatory duties.
- Funeral service professionals and establishments: potential indirect effects from a fully staffed board on licensing timelines, rulemaking, inspections, and disciplinary actions.
- Public: continued regulation and consumer protections overseen by a properly constituted board.
Procedural and timeline highlights (from provided action history)
- Late March 2025: Resolution drafted, first read, and referred to committee (Business, Labor & Economic Affairs).
- March–April 2025: Committee hearings and executive action; resolution reported and adopted as amended in committee; multiple readings and adoption votes recorded in March–April.
- May 1, 2025: Motion to adopt carried (roll call noted).
- Early June 2025: Enrolled and signed by the President of the Senate; final enrollment documents completed (recorded June 5–8, 2025).
- August 7, 2025: Received by the Secretary of the Senate / filed with the Secretary of State (final filing recorded).
Limitations / recommended follow‑up
- The supplied materials do not include the nomination list or the specific statutory seats being filled. To see the individual appointee names, terms, or any statutory citations, consult the enrolled resolution filed with the Secretary of State or the Senate Secretary’s office record for SR 89.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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