HOUSE BILL 115, an act to abolish the death penalty. Assigned to House Judiciary Committee on January
10, 2018. Primary sponsor: Rep. Chad McCoy —R
ALL SPONSORS NEED TO BE THANKED
Sponsors C. McCoy, T. Bojanowski, C. Booker, G. Brown Ir, T. Burch, K. Flood, A. Gentry
J. Glenn, D. Graham, J. Graviss, K. Hinkle, T. Huff, J. Jenkins, N. Kulkarni, M.
Marzian, C. Massey, R. Meyer, P. Minter, K. Moser, J. Nemes, M. Prunty, R.
Rothenburger, S. Sheldon, D. St. Onge, C. Stevenson, N. Tate, J. Tipton, S.
Westrom, B. Wheatley, L. Willner
House Judiciary Committee Members — sponsor highlighted
Jason Petrie - (H) — Chair; C. Ed Massey - (H) - Vice Chair; John Blanton - (H); Charles Booker - (H); Kevin
D. Bratcher - (H); McKenzie Cantrell - (H); Daniel Elliott - (H); Joseph M. Fischer - (H); Chris Harris - (H);
Angie Hatton - (H); Jeff Hoover - (H); Joni L. Jenkins - (H); Nima Kulkarni - (H); Stan Lee - (H); Derek Lewis
- (H); Savannah Maddox - (H); Chad McCoy - (H); Reginald Meeks - (H); Patti Minter - (H); Kimberly Poore
Moser -(H); Jason Nemes - (H); Brandon Reed - (H); Maria Sorolis - (H)
: Very important to thank these friends on the committee
Boldfaced: Don’t waste your time
Italics: these folks should be encouraged to support and co-sponsor the bill.
The message for today is this: This bill is a bi-partisan effort to end a sentencing policy in Kentucky that
does not respect human life, risks the execution of innocent defendants like Larry Osborne in Whitely
County released from death row after the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned his death sentence and
he received a second trial free of prosecutorial misconduct, costs an exorbitant amount of money, thus
wasting tax dollars that could be spent on implementing polices that really benefit Kentuckians.
With 30 sponsors representing members of both parties and a wide array of political diversity, this bill
deserves to be heard. There are easily 12 YES votes in committee and the bill should not be delayed
because those 12 votes don’t come from the members of one party. We should not be operating a one-
party government in our state.
After you leave Frankfort, please keep ending the death penalty high on your agenda. Speak to family
members, friends, brothers and sisters in the church, commonwealth attorneys and stay in touch
frequently with your State Senator and Representative. They must hear about this issue often or it
remains unimportant to them.
With the support of KCC, we have made great progress in this session and now we need to ramp up our
efforts to keep this momentum growing. Next year we want to see 50 names on that bill as sponsors.
That will happen if you keep up your hard work.
Anyone who wants to volunteer as an outreach organizer should contact us at kcadp3092@gmail.com.
This involves outreach to supporters primarily by phone to stir up activity with their legislators. Set your
own hours. We will be doing some training after session is over.
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