KY SB54 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-04 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-04 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [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 |
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2018-01-04 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
2018-01-03 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB54.htm |
Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB54/bill.pdf |
Supplement | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/18RS/SB54/CI.pdf |