Commission directs staff to remove expanded moratorium from website

The Texas Funeral Service Commission voted to direct staff to remove an expanded moratorium that, according to the meeting record, had been put in place by Scott Bingaman. The motion to remove the moratorium was made by Commissioner Brown and seconded by Vice Chair Skopanski; the chair announced the motion passed after asking for ayes and nays. The public transcript does not include a detailed roll-call tally.

The motion was recorded after a closed-session discussion on pending litigation and legal advice; the meeting minutes state no action was taken during closed session. The direction to staff was phrased as immediate removal from the commission’s website.

The transcript does not specify the content of the expanded moratorium or the legal basis for its posting; the meeting record identifies Scott Bingaman as the individual who had placed the moratorium on the website. The record does not indicate further administrative steps or a timeline for confirming the removal beyond the word “immediately.”