HB 1372

relating to the regulation of a transportation protection agreement
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 154.002, Finance Code, is amended by
amending Subdivision (9) and adding Subdivision (15) to read as
(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.
(15)  "Transportation protection agreement" means an
agreement to pay for transportation of a 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.
SECTION 2.  Section 154.151, Finance Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f)  A transportation protection agreement is not considered
to be a part of a sales contract for prepaid funeral benefits.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.