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H.B. No. 1094 AN ACT relating to the regulation of transportation protection agreements. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 154.002, Finance Code, is amended by amending Subdivisions (9) and (13) and adding Subdivision (15) to read as follows: (9) "Prepaid funeral benefits" means prearranged or prepaid funeral or cemetery services or funeral merchandise, including an alternative container, casket, or outer burial container. The term does not include: (A) a grave, marker, monument, tombstone, crypt, niche, plot, or lawn crypt unless it is sold in contemplation of trade for a funeral service or funeral merchandise to which this chapter applies; or (B) a transportation protection agreement. (13) "Funeral service" or "service": (A) means a service sold or offered for sale on a preneed basis that may be used to: (i) [(A)] care for and prepare a deceased human body for burial, cremation, or other final disposition; and (ii) [(B)] arrange, supervise, or conduct a funeral ceremony or the final disposition of a deceased human body; and (B) does not include a service provided under a transportation protection agreement. (15) "Transportation protection agreement" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.056, Insurance Code. SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 101, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Section 101.056 to read as follows: Sec. 101.056. TRANSPORTATION PROTECTION AGREEMENTS; EXEMPTION FROM INSURANCE LAW. (a) In this section: (1) "Seller" has the meaning assigned by Section 154.002, Finance Code. (2) "Transportation protection agreement" means an agreement to pay for transportation of a deceased human body from the place of death to a licensed holding facility or licensed crematory, if the place of death is more than 75 miles from the location of the licensed facility that will provide the funeral services. (b) A transportation protection agreement sold by a seller: (1) does not constitute the business of insurance in this state; and (2) is otherwise exempt from the requirements of this code. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1094 was passed by the House on April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 4, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1094 was passed by the Senate on May 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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