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SB 47 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

KY · session 2022RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 5, 2022

Latest action (Jan 8, 2022) to Judiciary (S)

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309.

Sponsors (4)
  • S. Meredith Republican · primary
  • D. Harper Angel · primary
  • M. McGarvey · primary
  • G. Neal Democratic · primary

Action history (3)
  1. Jan 5, 2022 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Jan 5, 2022 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Jan 8, 2022 to Judiciary (S) · upper
Subjects
CourtsCrimes and PunishmentsCriminal ProcedureDeaths

Text versions (1)

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  • Introduced · PDF

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