KY SB184 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-22 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 17 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-22 - to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of an unclaimed body to elect to cremate certain unclaimed bodies, in lieu of burial, and either offer the cremains to specified individuals, or inter the cremains provided no inquest has been held or is intended to be held and there is no reason to believe the body will be needed as evidence in any criminal matter or cremation is or may be inconsistent with the decedent's personal wishes or cultural or religious beliefs.
Title
AN ACT relating to coroners.
Sponsors
| Sen. David Yates [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-22 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2022-02-17 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2022-02-17 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Subjects
Cemeteries and Burials
Coroners
Counties
Crime Victims
Deaths
Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Local Government
Local Mandate
Police, City and County
Religion
Coroners
Counties
Crime Victims
Deaths
Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Local Government
Local Mandate
Police, City and County
Religion
