GSC Update Funeral Board and DOI Licensing.

The definition of 'Advertisement' was expanded to explicitly include electronic media and digital presentations, ensuring modern communication methods are covered under existing rules.

The definition of 'Chapel' was clarified to allow funeral establishments to use chapels for selling merchandise via photographs or digital presentation, provided this activity is secondary to the chapel's primary purpose of holding services.

The definition of 'Embalming facility' was refined to better distinguish between standalone facilities and those operated directly by a funeral establishment, specifying that standalone facilities cannot display caskets or engage in funeral directing.

The document was converted from a draft 'Second Edition' to a 'Ratified Bill,' removing draft metadata and finalizing the text for legal effect.

The bill version identifier was updated from 'S857-v-1' to 'S857-v-2' to reflect the Second Edition status.

A header line indicating 'Second Edition Engrossed 6/9/26' was added to the document.

The document format changed from an amendment draft to a full Senate Bill with a new session date (2025), official title, and sponsor information.

Specific sections of the Funeral Board statutes were recodified, meaning their legal citation numbers were changed (e.g., G.S. 90-210.19 is now 90-210.22(b)).

The definition of 'Chapel' was expanded to explicitly allow funeral arrangements and sales via digital presentation, provided these activities are secondary to the primary purpose of reposing remains.

The definition of 'Dead human bodies' was updated to explicitly include ashes, bone fragments, and human materials resulting from cremation or alkaline hydrolysis.

Specific amendment instructions regarding 'tangible net worth' calculations and surety bond requirements for applicants with negative working capital were removed from the text.

Added a definition of 'tangible net worth' to explicitly exclude non-physical assets such as goodwill, patents, and intellectual property.

Modified financial requirements to mandate a tangible net worth of at least $50,000 and positive working capital for applicants.

Updated the condition for applicants with negative working capital to require an additional surety bond equal to the negative amount.

Changed the bill page references for amendments from pages 17-18 to pages 62-64 and updated the amendment version number.

Changed the amendment sponsor from Senator Galey to Senator Britt.

Updated the header information to reflect that the bill has been adopted by the Senate and is now in Amendment 1 (A1) status.

Replaced the original 'Filed' date with 'ADOPTED' and included instructions for the Principal Clerk to fill in amendment details.

Added a signature line for the Amendment Sponsor and a table for committee vote information.