AN ACT relating to public administrators.
Summary
Amend KRS 395.380 to modernize language; amend KRS 395.390 to remove the sheriff from being the de facto administrator upon the death of a decedent with no personal representative in a county with no public administrator and guardian; amend KRS 395.400 to conform.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
House Passage
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2022
Last action Jan 31, 2022
Floor votes · House Jan 27, 2022
How they voted
89–0
Passed
Total votes 89
Jan 27, 2022
D
Democratic22
100% Yea
R
Republican67
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 95-0
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
to Local Government (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
C. Ed Massey
RRepublican
P
Daniel Elliott
RRepublican
P
Susan Westrom
DDemocratic
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