KY HB115 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-11)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-10 - to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-10 - to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
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 640.040, 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 various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.
Title
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-10 | House | to Judiciary (H) |
| 2019-01-08 | House | introduced in House |
