Kentucky HB 155: AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. 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.

Status: Posted in committee (as of 2018-02-21)

State: Kentucky · Session: 2018RS · Bill: HB 155

Sponsors: A. Gentry, A. Simpson, A. Wuchner, C. McCoy, D. Graham, D. Owens, D. St. Onge, G. Brown Jr, J. Jenkins, J. Nemes, J. Wayne, K. Flood, K. Moser, M. Marzian, M. Prunty, R. Meyer, R. Rothenburger, S. Westrom, T. Burch

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