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KY HB350

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/13/2026

Primary Sponsor

Pamela Stevenson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • City governing authorities are now required (changed from "may") to ensure owners of public or private burial grounds within city limits properly care for them
  • Cemetery owners must keep grounds free of weeds, debris, displaced tombstones, and signs of vandalism or gross neglect (private family cemeteries exempted)
  • Owners must protect burial grounds from desecration, destruction, or improper use such as dumping or building sites
  • Private burial ground owners only required to construct cemetery protection structures if located in a county with a cemetery board that provides compensation for supplies, labor, and expenses
  • Owners are not held liable when desecration or damage results from criminal acts by others as defined under KRS 500.080

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to cemeteries.

Local Mandate

Last Action

to Local Government (H)

1/21/2026

Committee Referrals

Local Government1/21/2026
Committee On Committees1/13/2026

Full Bill Text

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