KRS 532.140: Defendant with a serious intellectual disability or serious mental illness not

subject to execution -- Authorized sentences.

(1) KRS 532.010, 532.025, and 532.030 to the contrary notwithstanding, a defendant

who has been determined to be a defendant with a serious intellectual disability or a

defendant with serious mental illness under KRS 532.135 shall not be subject to

execution. The same procedure as required in KRS 532.025 and 532.030 shall be

utilized in determining the sentence of the de fendant with a serious intellectual

disability or serious mental illness under this section and KRS 532.135.

(2) This section and KRS 532.135 do not preclude the sentencing of a defendant with a

serious intellectual disability or serious mental illness to any other sentence

authorized by KRS 532.010, 532.025, or 532.030 for a crime which is a capital

offense.

(3) (a) For a defendant with a serious intellectual disability, this section and KRS

532.135 shall apply only to trials commenced after July 13, 1990.

(b) For a defendant with serious mental illness, this section and KRS 532.135

shall apply only to trials commenced after July 14, 2022.