Kentucky 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 152 — AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

Last action — to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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 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 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; 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.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill abolishes the death penalty and modifies provisions related to DNA testing requests for certain offenders.

  • KRS 422.285

    a capital offense,

    The definition of eligible offenses for DNA testing requests is updated to remove capital offenses.

  • KRS 422.285

    except for a petitioner sentenced to death → except for a petitioner sentenced to death prior to the effective date of this Act

    Clarifies that the exemption regarding trial or Alford plea convictions applies only to those sentenced to death before the bill's effective date.

  • KRS 422.285

    the petitioner was convicted of the offense after a trial or after entering an Alford plea; → the petitioner was convicted of the offense after a trial or after entering an Alford plea;

    This condition for ordering DNA testing has been clarified to exclude those sentenced to death prior to the bill's effective date.

Action History

  1. to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)

  2. to Committee on Committees (S)

  3. introduced in Senate

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (136)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 152 do?
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 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; 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.
Who sponsors SB 152?
SB 152 is sponsored by D. Yates and Reginald L. Thomas (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 152?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 152?
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