republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-40.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to deceased persons.	Amend KRS 72.405 to apply definitions to entirety of KRS Chapter 72; create new definition of "genetic tests"; expand definition of "post-mortem examination"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to require the Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner to perform and report the results of genetic testing on a deceased person in certain cases; require information to be entered on the death certificate; provide that the Act may be cited as the Micah Shantell Fletcher Law.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	SB 40	Kentucky SB 40 (2023RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Coroners Deaths Health and Medical Services Short Titles and Popular Names State Agencies	enacted		3	30	3	2023-01-04T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/870240fa-32c3-42fd-a51e-26127420153f	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb40.html	a7724406554d67a6e64f702cdafac651ae73cbb772b226bf51b1827fb124cc6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 40 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to deceased persons.

Amend KRS 72.405 to apply definitions to entirety of KRS Chapter 72; create new definition of "genetic tests"; expand definition of "post-mortem examination"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to require the Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner to perform and report the results of genetic testing on a deceased person in certain cases; require information to be entered on the death certificate; provide that the Act may be cited as the Micah Shantell Fletcher Law.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 162 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 40 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASS SB 40 W/ hfa1 hfta2 — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2023
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-3 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 37-0 passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 162) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/870240fa-32c3-42fd-a51e-26127420153f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).