---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the disposition of a decedent's body."
description: "AN ACT relating to the disposition of a decedent's body."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 66"
citation: "Kentucky SB 66 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Mandate", "Criminal Procedure", "Deaths", "Coroners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74da8a31-84cf-4378-b50f-f4edb2969690"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb66.html"
source_hash: "fc3d2cfb80095dcd6c3036598825d190bc0e1ce157b7e0e4e45ea55531b4e794"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 66 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to the disposition of a decedent's body.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb66/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb66/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 66 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 66 w/hcs1 FINAL PASSAGE — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 22, 2020
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 86-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-1 `passage`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 123) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74da8a31-84cf-4378-b50f-f4edb2969690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).