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SB350

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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.

CourtsCrimes and PunishmentsCriminal ProcedureDeathsProbation and ParoleCorrections Impact

Introduced: March 2, 2026

Last action: March 2, 2026

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Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
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Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
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Primary Sponsor

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Gerald Neal

Senator · Senate District 33

Primary sponsor
Gerald.Neal@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (1)

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Stephen Meredith

Senator · Senate District 05

Co-sponsor
Stephen.Meredith@kylegislature.gov