Kentucky - Session 26RS
Title: 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 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."
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-02 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-03-02 | Latest Action | 03/02/26: to Committee on Committees (S) |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 10 | AN ACT relating to state constitutional officer transitions. | enrolled |
| HB 139 | AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency. | enrolled |
| HB 185 | AN ACT relating to employment. | enrolled |
| HB 305 | AN ACT relating to grand jury service. | passed_lower |
| HB 366 | AN ACT relating to possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor. | passed_lower |
| HB 4 | AN ACT relating to grooming a minor. | enrolled |
| HB 422 | AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. | passed_lower |
| HB 424 | AN ACT relating to social work. | enrolled |