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SB 221 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to abuse of a corpse.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 23, 2026

Latest action (Mar 12, 2026) to Committee on Committees (H)

Summary

Amend KRS 525.120, relating to abuse of a corpse, to include the purchase or sale of a corpse or parts of a corpse after the corpse has been authorized for final disposition by burial or cremation.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (9)
  1. Feb 23, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Feb 23, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Mar 4, 2026 to Judiciary (S) · upper
  4. Mar 5, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  5. Mar 6, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  6. Mar 6, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026 · upper
  7. Mar 11, 2026 3rd reading, passed 32-0 · upper
  8. Mar 12, 2026 received in House · lower
  9. Mar 12, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
Subjects
Corrections ImpactCrimes And PunishmentsCriminal ProcedureFunerals And Funeral Directors

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