Kentucky Senate Bill 47 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-08 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary 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, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 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.

Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]

Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]

Sen. Morgan McGarvey [D]

Sen. Gerald Neal [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-08	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2022-01-05	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2022-01-05	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb47.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb47/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/sb47/CI.pdf