BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

SB 5372: Eliminating death penalty

Reducing criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty in favor of life incarceration.

Summary

  • Eliminates the death penalty in favor of a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 28, 2013
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Adam Kline (D-37)
Introduced
January 28, 2013 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2014
Companion bill
HB 1504
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to reducing criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty in favor of life incarceration;

Sponsors

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5372 in other sessions

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