Kristin Tips at a summer 2025 meeting of the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

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Kristin Tips, the longtime presiding officer of the embattled Texas Funeral Service Commission , is no longer on the board.

“Governor Abbott appreciates Kristin Tips’ service,” Andrew Mahaleris, Abbott’s press secretary, said in an email Tuesday. “An announcement on a replacement will be made at a later date.”

He did not respond to questions immediately about whether she was terminated or resigned, nor did he say when she left the board.

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Tips, who has run San Antonio’s prestigious Mission Park Funeral Chapels, Cemeteries & Crematories with her husband, Dick Tips, was appointed to the board by the governor in 2017 and made the presiding officer in May 2024.…