Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act, provides for the licensing, regulation, and discipline relating to cemeteries, crematories, funeral establishments, embalming, and the storage of human remains by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau that is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act authorizes the bureau to establish necessary rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of the act and the laws subject to its jurisdiction and to prescribe the form of statements and reports provided for in the act.

This bill would authorize the bureau to establish an advisory committee to assist the bureau in engaging consumers and licensees in its regulatory activities. The bill would require the advisory committee, if established by the bureau, to include at least one member from licensed representatives of the death care industry, members of the public, and representatives of local governments.