SB 144 KY

0likes☆Favorite🔕SubscribeShare

Introduced

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 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; 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.

• S. Meredith Republican · primary
• K. Berg Democratic · primary
• D. Harper Angel · primary
• W. Westerfield · primary

1. Jan 29, 2024 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Jan 29, 2024 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Jan 31, 2024 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Introduced · PDF