Kentucky Senate Bill 60 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 5 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-05 - to Committee on Committees (S)
Pending: Senate 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 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, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty.

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]

Sen. Julie Raque Adams [R]

Sen. Morgan McGarvey [D]

Sen. Gerald Neal [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-05	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-01-05	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb60.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb60/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/21RS/sb60/CI.pdf