Ga. Lawmakers Rethinking Requirements for Funeral Home Directors

Ga. lawmakers rethinking requirements for funeral home directors

The demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world.

Shift away from embalming has lawmakers rethinking Georgia’s requirements for funeral home directors

Sen. Rick Williams, a Milledgeville Republican, presents SB 239, which would remove the requirement that funeral directors be licensed in embalming in order to work in Georgia, on Feb. 5, 2026, in Atlanta. Alander Rocha/Georgia RecorderThe demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world.  Embalming, or the practice of preserving a body to delay decomposition, was the preference of most Geo…

Georgia lawmakers rethinking requirements for funeral home directors - Now Georgia

(Georgia Recorder) — The demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world. Embalming, or the practice of preserving a body to delay decomposition, was the preference of most Georgians just a few decades ago, says Sen. Rick Williams, a Milledgeville Republican and a licensed funeral director and embalmer for over 50 years. But now fewer people are opting to be embalmed in Georgia, whether be…