AN ACT relating to mental illness.
Summary
Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140 to add a diagnosis of serious mental illness to the disabilities which prevent execution for persons convicted of capital offenses.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 8, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 9, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Apr 8, 2022
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109)
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 25-9
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 76-19
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (H)
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
22 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Al Gentry
DDemocratic
P
Buddy Wheatley
DDemocratic
P
C. Ed Massey
RRepublican
P
Chad McCoy
RRepublican
P
Cherlynn Stevenson
DDemocratic
P
Daniel Elliott
RRepublican
P
Derrick Graham
DDemocratic
P
James Tipton
RRepublican
P
Jennifer Decker
RRepublican
P
Jerry T. Miller
RRepublican
P
Joni L. Jenkins
DDemocratic
P
Kelly Flood
DDemocratic
P
Killian Timoney
RRepublican
P
Melinda Gibbons Prunty
RRepublican
P
Nancy Tate
RRepublican
P
Nima Kulkarni
DDemocratic
P
Phillip Pratt
RRepublican
P
Rachel Roberts
DDemocratic
P
Samara Heavrin
RRepublican
P
Susan Westrom
DDemocratic
P
Thomas Huff
RRepublican
P
Tina Bojanowski
DDemocratic
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