Rep. K.L. Brown to Continue Working to Regulate 'Pre-Need' Funeral Packages

Every year, Rep. Koven L. Brown, RJacksonville, introduces at least one bill intended to crack down on problems he sees in the funeral industry.

It's a topic Brown, the namesake of K. L. Brown Funeral Home in Jacksonville, knows well. But it's not always easy to sell those bills to others in the Legislature. Earlier this month, a House commit tee failed to approve a Brown-sponsored bill that would regulate "pre- need" funeral packages - packages that funeral homes sell to customers years before their death, and sometimes fail to deliver on when the time comes. It was the second year Brown's bill got shot down.

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