# Kentucky HB 191: AN ACT relating to interment at state veterans' cemeteries.

Kentucky HB 191, AN ACT relating to interment at state veterans' cemeteries., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Aaron Thompson (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-15 (signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 20)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kentucky HB 191
- State: Kentucky
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: AN ACT relating to interment at state veterans' cemeteries.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-09
- Last action: 2025-03-15, signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 20)
- Sponsor: Aaron Thompson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: Deaths, Effective Dates, Emergency, Military Affairs and Civil Defense, Veterans, Cemeteries and Burials
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (125 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More families qualify for Kentucky veterans’ cemeteries: benefit, high. Beginning January 1, 2026, people eligible for national veterans’ cemetery burial also qualify for Kentucky state veterans’ cemeteries. Reserve members, including Army and Air National Guard members, also qualify through either of two paths. They must complete the federally required initial service…
- Capital convictions bar Kentucky veterans’ cemetery burial: cost, high. Beginning January 1, 2026, anyone convicted of a state or federal capital offense cannot be buried in a Kentucky state veterans’ cemetery. This ban applies even when the person otherwise meets burial eligibility rules.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Aaron Thompson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Adam Moore (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Bill Wesley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chad Aull (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Daniel Grossberg (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: David Hale (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Hart (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Bratcher (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-07 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-14 | House | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 93 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2025-03-15: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 20)
- 2025-03-07: delivered to Governor
- 2025-03-07: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (House)
- 2025-03-07: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (House)
- 2025-03-07: received in House (House)
- 2025-03-07: 3rd reading, passed 32-0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 07, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: 2nd reading, to Rules (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: to Committee on Committees (S) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: received in Senate (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) (House)
- 2025-02-12: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 13, 2025 (House)
- 2025-02-12: 2nd reading, to Rules (House)
- 2025-02-11: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) (House)
- 2025-02-04: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) (House)
- 2025-01-09: to Committee on Committees (H) (House)
- 2025-01-09: introduced in House (House)

## Bill text

- Current, 2025-02-14: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb191/bill.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-01-09: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb191/orig_bill.pdf)

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- HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency. (signed)
- HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development. (signed)
- HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings. (signed)
- HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices. (signed)
- HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles. (signed)

## Sources
- [Current (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb191/bill.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb191/orig_bill.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB501-2025RS)
- [HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB664-2025RS)
- [HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB606-2025RS)
- [HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB421-2025RS)
- [HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB555-2025RS)
- [HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB493-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB191-2025RS (as of 2026-10-19).