Introduced February 17, 2026
SB50
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Short titles: Kentucky Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act · Uniform Directed Trust Act · Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act · Uniform Electronic Wills Act · Uniform Trust Decanting Act
Amend KRS 391.010 to specify the share of the surviving spouse in real property in an intestate estate; amend KRS 392.020 to identify surplus personalty and surplus real estate and the share of the surviving spouse to surplus personalty and surplus real estate in an intestate estate; amend KRS 394.300 to set the period of time a county clerk is required to hold a recorded will and to whom the will shall be returned upon…
In effect since July 15, 2026
Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).
Plain-language summary
This law makes wide-ranging updates to how Kentucky handles estates, wills, and inheritance when someone dies. It modernizes the process by allowing electronic wills and estate planning documents, updates the rules for how a surviving spouse inherits property, simplifies estate administration procedures, creates a new way to transfer a vehicle to someone after death, and establishes new frameworks for certain kinds of trusts. It also adjusts some fees and penalties related to filing estate documents…
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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
Brandon Storm
Senator · Senate District 21
Co-sponsors (1)
Robert Stivers
Senator · Senate District 25
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