KY SB 350
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KY SB 350 pass?
No. KY SB 350 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): to Committee on Committees (S)
What is KY SB 350 about?
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.
Who sponsors KY SB 350?
S. Meredith, G. Neal are the primary sponsors of KY SB 350.
Description
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.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-02
- Latest action
- 2026-03-02 — to Committee on Committees (S)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- S. Meredithprimary
- G. Nealprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-02
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-02
introduced in Senate
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Related bills
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