Cemeteries And Burials
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterans' cemeteries. [HB-483]
[Veterans ]
Amend KRS 40.315 to allow the burial of veterans and their kin of the United States Armed Forces in the state veterans' cemeteries providing they have a connection to Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Rep. Walker Wood Thomas
Posted In Committee on 02/22/2019
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AN ACT relating to the disposition of human remains. [HB-110]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Veterans ]
[Religion ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 367.97524 to permit a funeral director who has been in possession of unclaimed cremated remains for two years or more to inter, bury, entomb, or place the cremated remains in a columbarium or to deliver the cremated remains to a bona fide religious society, veterans organization, or civil group for interment, burial, entombment, or placement in a columbarium; exempt a crematory authority or licensed funeral directory from liability for delivering cremated remains that have been in their possession for two years or more to a bona fide religious
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph M. Fischer
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 098) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the dignified treatment of fetal remains. [HB-370]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.830 to require within 24 hours after a spontaneous miscarriage or abortion, a hospital or abortion provider to inform the parents about their right to determine the final disposition of the fetal remains; parents electing a disposition method other than the customary method for that facility are responsible for the costs of disposition; within ten days following a miscarriage or abortion, the abortion provider, hospital, or parent shall provide for final disposition of the fetal remains; establish a Class
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph M. Fischer
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the disposition of human remains. [SB-38]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 367.93117 to allow a court-appointed guardian or conservator to determine the disposition of remains after death if other alternatives have been exhausted; permit cremation under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen L. Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 52) on 03/27/2020