Senator Verdin proposes the following amendment (SR-894.CEM0002S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 44-63-74(A)(1) and inserting:

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, death certificates must be electronically filed with the Bureau of Vital Statistics as prescribed by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics within five days after assuming the physical in-person custody of the decedent, unless the funeral director, after a good faith effort, is unable to collect the personal data of the decedent required in subsection (A)(2), in which case the funeral director must immediately inform the bureau of the reason for the delay. In the event that a five day period terminates on a weekend or a federal or state holiday, then the death certificate must be electronically filed at the end of the next business day.death and after the funeral director has obtained the information required in (A)(2), but if the five day period terminates on a weekend or a federal or state holiday, then the death certificate must be electronically filed by the end of the next business day. As prescribed by law, the Bureau of Vital Statistics shall notify the State Election Commission of the decedent's death who shall subsequently notify the County Board of Voter Registration and Elections in which the decedent was a resident of the decedent's death for purposes of removing the decedent from the voter roll.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.