2025 Regular Session • Kentucky Legislature
HB432: AN ACT relating to deceased persons.
Legislative Summary
Amend KRS 72.425 to require the state medical examiner to perform an autopsy on a decedent when the death of the person is not a coroner's case if a request is made by written consent by the decedent's spouse, the next of kin, or the person who assumes the responsibility to dispose of the body, as applicable; amend KRS 72.460 to specify who pays for an autopsy.
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Bill History
2/12/2025
introduced in House
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
to Committee on Committees (H)
House of Representatives
2/14/2025
to Judiciary (H)
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/12/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Judiciary(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Candy Massaroni
Republican