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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to certificates of death."
description: "Amend KRS 213.076 to provide that a medical certification shall be completed by a coroner within five days after receiving the results of the inquiry when inquiry is required by KRS 72.400 to 72.475 or when the cause of death is unknown or under investigation; make technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Kentucky SB 17 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coroners", "Deaths", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Yates", "M. Deneen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/030554e9-6807-4418-a41f-44301f159439"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb17.html"
source_hash: "e7db2e446da9b33f8b04ad64ca3995469d770dc1fdaa1c247ed612ca11a8e1c3"
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 17 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to certificates of death.
Amend KRS 213.076 to provide that a medical certification shall be completed by a coroner within five days after receiving the results of the inquiry when inquiry is required by KRS 72.400 to 72.475 or when the cause of death is unknown or under investigation; make technical corrections.
## 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/24RS/sb17/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 83** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0083.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb17/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 17 — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- D. Yates — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 16, 2024
- **2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** to Enrollment (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 83) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/030554e9-6807-4418-a41f-44301f159439`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).