Kentucky House Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-7)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-09 - to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [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 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.

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. Addia Wuchner [R]	Rep. Thomas Burch [D]	Rep. Kelly Flood [D]
Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Mary Marzian [D]	Rep. Chad McCoy [R]
Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]	Rep. Darryl Owens [D]	Rep. Melinda Prunty [R]	Rep. Rob Rothenburger [R]
Rep. Attica Scott [D]	Rep. Arnold Simpson [D]	Rep. Kevin Sinnette [D]	Rep. Diane St Onge [R]
Rep. Jim Wayne [D]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-09	House	to Judiciary (H)
2017-02-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB251.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB251/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/17RS/HB251/CI.pdf