Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 37: AN ACT relating to cremation of dead bodies.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
SB 37 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to cremation of dead bodies. Most recent recorded action (February 12, 2025): to Committee on Committees (H).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of an unclaimed dead body to have the body buried or cremated; direct that the decision between burial or cremation be made by the governmental entity bearing the expense.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No sponsor recorded in source data. | ||||
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- to Committee on Committees (H)
- received in House
- 3rd reading, passed 37-0-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- floor amendment adopted Floor Amendment (1)
- floor amendment adopted Committee Substitute (1)
- posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 07, 2025
- floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
- 2nd reading, to Rules
- reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- to State & Local Government (S)
- to Committee on Committees (S)
- introduced in Senate