| Last Action | floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Impact Statements | Corrections Impact |
| Bill Request Number | 1087 |
| Sponsors | D. Floyd, J. Bell, G. Brown Jr, T. Burch, D. Butler, K. Flood, J. Miller, D. Owens, A. Simpson, D. St. Onge, D. Watkins, J. Wayne, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner |
| Summary of Original Version | 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. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Courts - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Crimes and Punishments - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Criminal Procedure - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Deaths - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Corrections Impact - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole |
| Proposed Amendments |
House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 |
| 01/08/16 |
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| 01/11/16 |
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| 02/08/16 |
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| 03/14/16 |
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | D. Floyd |
| Summary | Remove all original provisions and create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 which requires the Commonwealth to produce biological evidence, a recorded confession, or a recording directly connecting the defendant to a capital offense prior to commencing a death penalty trial; require a jury or a judge in a bench trial to find that the Commonwealth proved facts which satisfy one or more of those evidentiary criteria beyond a reasonable doubt; amend KRS 532.075 to require Supreme Court review of a death sentence to include those evidentiary criteria. |
| Index Headings |
Courts - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Crimes and Punishments - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Criminal Procedure - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Deaths - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Corrections Impact - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | D. Floyd |
| Summary | Make title amendment. |
| Index Headings |
Courts - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Crimes and Punishments - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Criminal Procedure - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Deaths - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole Corrections Impact - Death penalty, replacement of with life imprisonment without parole |
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