Also tagged in: Elections and Voting, Interstate Cooperation, Interstate Cooperation, United States
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to set forth the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; create Article I to allow any state and D.C. to be a member of the agreement; create Article II to provide that member states shall conduct a statewide popular vote for election of President and Vice President; create Article III to specify the manner of appointing presidential electors in member states; create Article IV to provide that the compact shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes enact the agreement and allow a state to withdraw from the agreement; create Article V to set forth definitions of the compact.

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HB260

HB260 Sponsored by Tom Burch
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorney General, Attorney, Commonwealth's, Attorneys, Attorneys, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Constitution, Ky., Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State, Corrections Impact
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and require the court with jurisdiction over a person sentenced to death to sentence the person to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole; amend KRS 24A.110, 27A.430, 431.060, 431.215, 431.510, 439.265, 506.010, 506.030, 506.040, 506.080, 507.020, 509.040, 520.120, 527.200, 532.030, 532.040, 532.050, 532.100, 532.140, 533.010, 610.265, 635.020, 635.090, 640.040, 17.173, 17.176, 507A.020, and 422.285 to conform; repeal KRS 422.287, 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, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309, relating to the death penalty.

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