HB 1094

AN ACT relating to the regulation of transportation protection

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

Clarifies the legal status of transportation protection agreements in Texas, specifically defining them as professional services for coordinating and arranging transportation of human remains. The agreement is explicitly exempted from being classified as an insurance product, which means sellers of these services will not be subject to standard insurance regulations. This change provides more flexibility for funeral service providers in how they can offer transportation-related services to customers, potentially simplifying administrative processes for businesses in the funeral and transportation industry.

Subject Areas

FUNERALS & FUNERAL DIRECTORS Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions Transportation--Miscellaneous Business & Commerce--General

Bill Text

relating to the regulation of transportation protection
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
(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
(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;
(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
(2)  "Transportation protection agreement" means an
agreement that primarily provides for the coordination and
arrangement of all professional services related to the preparation
for purposes of transportation and subsequent transportation of a
(b)  A transportation protection agreement sold by a seller:
(1)  does not constitute the business of insurance in
(2)  is otherwise exempt from the requirements of this
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.