KY HB249 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 532.025 to include the intentional killing of a child under 12 as an aggravating circumstance in cases of offenses for which the death penalty may be authorized; provide that subsection (2)(a)9. of Section 1 of this Act may be cited as Kimber's law.
Title
AN ACT relating to aggravating circumstances.
Sponsors
| Rep. Nicolas Wilson [R] | Rep. Myron Dossett [R] | Rep. Daniel Elliott [R] | Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon [R] |
| Rep. Jim Gooch [R] | Rep. Ken Upchurch [R] | Rep. Billy Wesley [R] |
Roll Calls
2023-03-16 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2714 (Y: 32 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-10 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 213 (Y: 85 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2023-03-10 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 213 (Y: 85 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-24 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96) |
| 2023-03-16 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2023-03-16 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2023-03-16 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2023-03-16 | House | received in House |
| 2023-03-16 | Senate | passed 32-4 |
| 2023-03-16 | Senate | Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn |
| 2023-03-16 | Senate | 3rd reading |
| 2023-03-16 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023 |
| 2023-03-16 | Senate | reported favorably, to Rules |
| 2023-03-15 | Senate | floor amendment (1) filed |
| 2023-03-15 | Senate | returned to Judiciary (S) |
| 2023-03-15 | Senate | 2nd reading |
| 2023-03-15 | Senate | taken from Judiciary (S) |
| 2023-03-14 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2023-03-14 | Senate | returned to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2023-03-14 | Senate | 1st reading |
| 2023-03-14 | Senate | taken from Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2023-03-13 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2023-03-13 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2023-03-10 | House | 3rd reading, passed 85-6 |
| 2023-03-09 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023 |
| 2023-03-09 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2023-03-08 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2023-02-23 | House | to Judiciary (H) |
| 2023-02-10 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2023-02-10 | House | introduced in House |
