All Deaths Legislation - Kentucky
HR223
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Major Michael L. Mundell. SR197
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Recognize Lance Corporal Robert A. "Robbie" Lynch on being posthumously awarded the Hawaii Medal of Honor. Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text Declare the week of September 7, 2008, as Suicide Prevention Week; encourage measures that prevent suicide, promote safe treatment, and support those who have lost someone to suicide. HB764
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 61.315 to establish the amount of death gratuity benefits available to the survivors of any police officer, firefighter, or member of the military killed in the line of duty, by linking it to the federal death gratuity amount; provide that the state will pay this amount if the survivors are not eligible for payments from the federal government; provide that the amount apportioned to any surviving children less that 18 years of age shall be partially placed in trust; direct the Department of Military Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the death gratuity; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2009. HB659
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to define when a defendant has a severe mental disorder which prevents the defendant from assisting in his or her post-conviction defense, or to make a rational decision to forgo or terminate post-conviction defense; provide procedure for determination of prisoner's disability; prohibit execution if disability is determined; require resentencing to non death penalty option. SB175
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Received in House Bill Text Amend KRS 421.500 to make technical correction. HB548
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Health & Welfare (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 72.465 to require the Coroner to report to the local registrar any death certificate changes needed following an autopsy; amend KRS 212.245 to allow county, city-county, and district health departments to issue certificates of death and provisional certificates of death and to provide copies of the certificates for 30 days upon request; amend KRS 213.036 to require the local registrar to receive and process a certificate of death and a provisional certificate of death for each death which occurs in the county pursuant to KRS 213.076; amend KRS 213.076 to require that a certificate of death and a provisional certificate of death for each death which occurs in the Commonwealth be filed with the local registrar in the county where the death occurred; provide that the local registrar shall file the certificate with the cabinet or as otherwise directed by the state registrar prior to final disposition; amend KRS 213.078 to provide that the local registrar shall call attention to defects [...] show full description HB477
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2008 Bill Text Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of an unclaimed dead body to cause the body to be buried or cremated. HR100
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text Declare suicide prevention week to be the week of September 7, 2008; encourage measures that prevent suicide, promote safe treatment, and support those who have lost someone to suicide. SB131
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 161.520 to delete provision prohibiting survivor benefits from the Kentucky Teacher's Retirement System for legally adopted children unless adoption proceedings were initiated at least 1 year prior to the death of the member; make eligibility retroactive to legally adopted children born after January 1, 1990. HB394
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Health & Welfare (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 72.415 to allow coroners or deputy coroners to issue certificates of death and provisional certificates of death and provide copies of the certificates upon request; amend KRS 213.076 to require that a certificate of death and a provisional certificate of death for each death which occurs in the Commonwealth be filed with the coroner or deputy coroner in the county where the death occurred; provide that the Vital Statistics Branch shall provide self-addressed, color-coded envelopes to all coroners or deputy coroners to be available for the funeral homes in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 213.078 to provide that the coroner or deputy coroner in the county where a death occurred shall call attention to and defects in the certificate of death; amend KRS 304.12-240, 367.934, and 367.942 to conform. HB369
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 168) Bill Text Amend KRS 367.952, relating to cemetery perpetual care and maintenance funds, to exempt local governments from these requirements. Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and require the court with jurisdiction over a person sentenced to death to sentence the person to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole; amend KRS 24A.110, 27A.430, 431.060, 431.215, 431.510, 439.265, 506.010, 506.030, 506.040, 506.080, 507.020, 509.040, 520.120, 527.200, 532.030, 532.040, 532.050, 532.100, 532.140, 533.010, 610.265, 635.020, 635.090, 640.040, 17.173, 17.176, 507A.020, and 422.285 to conform; repeal KRS 422.287, 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309, relating to the death penalty. HB261
Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403, relating to dissolution of marriage and child custody and support, to require a person who is obligated to pay child support to pay his or her proportional share of the child's reasonable funeral expenses; amend KRS 403.211 and 403.213 to conform. HB227
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 29) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 40 to establish an Indigent Veterans' Burial Program and an Indigent Veterans' Burial Trust Fund; require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to oversee the Indigent Veterans' Burial Trust Fund; require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Indigent Veterans' Burial Program; require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to coordinate with the Department of Military Affairs and the veterans' service organizations to determine the eligibility of an indigent veteran for the Indigent Veterans' Burial Program; require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to coordinate the Indigent Veterans' Burial Program with the Department of Military Affairs, the veterans' service organizations, and the Kentucky Funeral Directors' Association. Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Local Government Bill Text Amend KRS 15.315, relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, to add two constables to the council KRS 16.220 to include constables among the recipients of grants from firearm sales; amend KRS 61.315, relating to death benefits for peace officers, to include constables and deputy constables; amend KRS 61.362, relating to agreements with peace officers and residential property owners, to enforce law on residential property to include constables; amend KRS 64.200, relating to constable financial record management, to specify that the constable pays funds to the county treasurer for inclusion in a constable account to be used by the constable for expenses; amend KRS 65.255, relating to cooperative utilization of peace officers, to add a constable who is a certified peace officer or qualified constable; amend KRS 70.036, relating to sheriff uniforms, to include constable uniforms and require county to pay for uniform for certified peace officer constables and qualified constables and [...] show full description HB154
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 620.050 to remove the penalty for making a false child abuse or neglect report; amend KRS 620.990 to specify that a person who knowingly violates a provision of KRS Chapter 620 shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor, any person who intentionally or knowingly violates KRS 620.030(1) shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor unless the child suffered a serious injury or death, in which case, the penalty would be a Class A misdemeanor, a person who knowingly or intentionally violates the provisions of KRS 620.020(2) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor unless the child suffered a serious injury or death in which case the penalty would be a Class D felony, and any person who makes a false report shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. HB36
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare Bill Text Amend KRS 213.041 to allow certificates required under KRS Chapter 213 to be signed in black or blue ink; amend KRS 213.076 to require the state registrar to send an incomplete or unsatisfactory certificate of death to the appropriate funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner responsible for the entry to complete or correct the certificate; require the state registrar to notify the entity who submitted the certificate of death that it was returned to the funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner for completion. Latest Action: 01/16/2007 - S offered Bill Text SR86 - Use of Senate Chamber by the Missouri Catholic Conference, September 29, 2007 Use of Senate Chamber by the Missouri Catholic Conference, September 29, 2007 |
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