Kentucky House Bill 38

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-02 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]
Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]	Rep. Samara Heavrin [R]	Rep. Keturah Herron [D]
Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. Sarah Stalker [D]	Rep. Nancy Tate [R]
Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-02	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-02	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb38.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb38/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb38/CI.pdf