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HB 38 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

KY · session 2024RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 2, 2024

Latest action (Jan 2, 2024) to Committee on Committees (H)

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, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.010 to define terms; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 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 (13)

Action history (2)

  1. Jan 2, 2024 introduced in House · lower
  2. Jan 2, 2024 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
Subjects
Children and MinorsCorrections ImpactCourtsCrimes and PunishmentsCriminal ProcedureDeaths

Text versions (1)

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  • Introduced · PDF

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