26RS SB 350

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Last Action	03/02/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Corrections Impact
Bill Request Number	1683
Sponsors	G. Neal, S. Meredith
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 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.
Index Headings of Original Version	Courts - Death penalty, replacement with life imprisonment without parole Crimes And Punishments - Death penalty, replacement with life imprisonment without parole Criminal Procedure - Death penalty, replacement with life imprisonment without parole Deaths - Death penalty, replacement with life imprisonment without parole Probation And Parole - Death penalty, replacement with life imprisonment without parole Corrections Impact - Death penalty, replacement with life imprisonment without parole