Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB226: AN ACT relating to preneed burial contracts.
Status: Signed into law, April 10, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to preneed burial contracts.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to preneed burial contracts. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS 367.934 TO 367.974 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) An agent that guarantees a price for all merchandise and full performance of all services to be provided pursuant to a preneed burial contract may collect an administrative fee not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total amount of all payments to be paid under the contract. (2) An administrative fee imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall not be collected: (a) More than once for each executed preneed burial contract regardless of whether the contract is transferred to a successor entity; or (b) If the amount to be paid by the purchaser will be paid in installments, until all installments have been paid. Section 2. KRS 367.934 is amended to read as follows: (1) Except as provided in Section 1 of this Act: (a) 1. All payments of money made to any person, partnership, association, or corporation upon any agreement or contract, or any series or combination of agreements or contracts, but not including the furnishing of cemetery lots or mausoleums, which has for a purpose the furnishing or performance of funeral services, or the furnishing or delivery of personal property, …
Sponsors
- Greg Elkins (R, SD-028) · primary sponsor
- Danny Carroll (R, SD-002)
- Scott Madon (R, SD-029)
- Robert Mills (R, SD-004)
- Matt Nunn (R, SD-017)
- Craig Richardson (R, SD-003)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 88)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 93-0
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to State Government (H)
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 383 (March 31, 2026): 93 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS SB 226 RSN# 3903 (March 10, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Fees, Funerals And Funeral Directors, Cemeteries And Burials, Contracts
Common questions
- What is SB226?
- SB226 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to preneed burial contracts.
- What does SB226 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to preneed burial contracts.
- What is the status of SB226?
- Signed into law as of April 10, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 88) (April 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB226?
- Greg Elkins (R, SD-028), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB226?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb226.html
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