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Bill AN ACT relating to funeral planning. Amend KRS 367.93103 to restrict an individual who is employed by an entity that is responsible for providing funeral or cemetery services or disposing of the declarant's remains from being a designee or alternate designee; amend KRS 367.93115 to make provisions for a decedent in the absence of a declaration; amend KRS 367.93117 to authorize individuals or entities to control the disposition of a decedent's body and make funeral, burial, and ceremonial arrangements if an individual in the next degree of kinship is not available; amend KRS 367.93121 to require actions to contest cremation authorization forms be brought in the District Court of the county of the decedent's residence or the county in which the funeral home or crematory is located. AN ACT relating to funeral planning. Amend KRS 367.93103 to restrict an individual who is employed by an entity that is responsible for providing funeral or cemetery services or disposing of the declarant's remains from being a designee or alternate designee; amend KRS 367.93115 to make provisions for a decedent in the absence of a declaration; amend KRS 367.93117 to authorize individuals or entities to control the disposition of a decedent's body and make funeral, burial, and ceremonial arrangements if an individual in the next degree of kinship is not available; amend KRS 367.93121 to require actions to contest cremation authorization forms be brought in the District Court of the county of the decedent's residence or the county in which the funeral home or crematory is located. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2017RS HB 208 Kentucky HB 208 (2017RS)
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Kentucky HB 208 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to funeral planning. Amend KRS 367.93103 to restrict an individual who is employed by an entity that is responsible for providing funeral or cemetery services or disposing of the declarant's remains from being a designee or alternate designee; amend KRS 367.93115 to make provisions for a decedent in the absence of a declaration; amend KRS 367.93117 to authorize individuals or entities to control the disposition of a decedent's body and make funeral, burial, and ceremonial arrangements if an individual in the next degree of kinship is not available; amend KRS 367.93121 to require actions to contest cremation authorization forms be brought in the District Court of the county of the decedent's residence or the county in which the funeral home or crematory is located.

Version chain

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  1. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-07 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2017-02-09 To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) referral-committee
  • 2017-02-17 Posted in committee
  • 2017-02-21 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar reading-1
  • 2017-02-22 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-02-22 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017
  • 2017-02-23 3rd reading, passed 99-0 reading-3, passage
  • 2017-02-24 Received in Senate
  • 2017-02-27 To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) referral-committee
  • 2017-03-07 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar reading-1
  • 2017-03-08 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-03-15 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2017
  • 2017-03-15 3rd reading, passed 35-3 reading-3, passage
  • 2017-03-15 Received in House
  • 2017-03-15 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2017-03-15 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2017-03-15 Delivered to Governor
  • 2017-03-27 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 144) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e8a822e-9e37-4891-ab0c-e9254d114dbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).