Kentucky Senate Bill 131 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [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 640.040, 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.

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

Sen. Gerald Neal [D]	Sen. Julie Raque Adams [R]	Sen. Perry Clark [D]	Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]
Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2017-02-07	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB131.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB131/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/17RS/SB131/CI.pdf