republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-226.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 226	Kentucky SB 226 (2026RS)	bill	Cemeteries And Burials Contracts Fees Funerals And Funeral Directors	enacted	C. Richardson D. Carroll G. Elkins M. Nunn R. Mills S. Madon	3	19	2	2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1c227882-5b07-482a-9268-235f51ee8f07	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb226.html	cd70cbc972923cab010dc2ae48e0b3fdc423b72f5a59596df9626636e65e5be8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Acts Chapter 88 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/1c227882-5b07-482a-9268-235f51ee8f07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).