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, 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 640.010 to define terms; amend KRS 640.040,…

Introduced: February 6, 2026

Last action: February 13, 2026

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This bill would end the use of the death penalty in Kentucky. People currently on death row would instead serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, and the death penalty would no longer be an available punishment for any felony conviction going forward. It also removes related laws governing how the death penalty is carried out. Who it may affect: people currently sentenced to death in Kentucky, crime victims and their families, and the broader criminal justice system.

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