---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to preneed burial contracts."
description: "Create a new section of KRS 367.934 to 367.974 to allow an agent that guarantees a price for all merchandise and services to be provided under a preneed burial contract to collect an administrative fee not to exceed 15% of the total amount of payments to be paid under the contract; prohibit the administrative fee from being paid more than once; prohibit the administrative fee from being paid until all installments have been paid; amend KRS 367.934 to conform; amend KRS 367.936 to exempt an administrative fee imposed on a fully paid contract from the refund requirements; make technical amendments; direct that the Act applies to contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Kentucky SB 226 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries And Burials", "Contracts", "Fees", "Funerals And Funeral Directors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Richardson", "D. Carroll", "G. Elkins", "M. Nunn", "R. Mills", "S. Madon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c227882-5b07-482a-9268-235f51ee8f07"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb226.html"
source_hash: "cd70cbc972923cab010dc2ae48e0b3fdc423b72f5a59596df9626636e65e5be8"
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 226 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to preneed burial contracts.

Create a new section of KRS 367.934 to 367.974 to allow an agent that guarantees a price for all merchandise and services to be provided under a preneed burial contract to collect an administrative fee not to exceed 15% of the total amount of payments to be paid under the contract; prohibit the administrative fee from being paid more than once; prohibit the administrative fee from being paid until all installments have been paid; amend KRS 367.934 to conform; amend KRS 367.936 to exempt an administrative fee imposed on a fully paid contract from the refund requirements; make technical amendments; direct that the Act applies to contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the Act.

## 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/26RS/sb226/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 88** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0088.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb226/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 226 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Richardson — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- G. Elkins — primary (person)
- M. Nunn — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. Madon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 88) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c227882-5b07-482a-9268-235f51ee8f07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).