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SB 163 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to cremation of dead bodies.

KY · session 2024RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 1, 2024

Latest action (Mar 26, 2024) recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Summary

Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of a dead body to have the body buried or cremated; direct that the decision between burial or cremation be made by the governmental entity bearing the expense.

Sponsors (2)

Action history (15)

  1. Feb 1, 2024 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Feb 1, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Feb 5, 2024 to State & Local Government (S) · upper
  4. Feb 14, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  5. Feb 15, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  6. Feb 15, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2024 · upper
  7. Feb 21, 2024 3rd reading, passed 27-9-1 · upper
  8. Feb 22, 2024 received in House · lower
  9. Feb 22, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  10. Mar 12, 2024 to Local Government (H) · lower
  11. Mar 13, 2024 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  12. Mar 14, 2024 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  13. Mar 22, 2024 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024 · upper
  14. Mar 26, 2024 taken from the Orders of the Day · upper
  15. Mar 26, 2024 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
Subjects
Cemeteries and BurialsCitiesCoronersCountiesDeathsLocal Mandate

Text versions (2)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Current/Final · PDF
  • Introduced · PDF

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