Kentucky Senate bill in Session 26RS.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 2, 2026.
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."
| 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) |