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EXECUTION – Amends existing law to provide that procedures used in an execution shall not be subject to certain provisions of law.
Sponsored By: WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
EXECUTION
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Bill Overview
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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Protections and secrecy for execution teams
The law shields people and companies who help carry out executions. Their names are confidential and cannot be used or found in court. The corrections director and authorized team may get, store, and use controlled drugs for executions, and this work is not treated as practicing medicine or pharmacy. Pharmacies, prescribers, makers, and distributors can supply drugs for executions and are protected from civil and criminal liability for a resulting death. State employees, agents, contractors, and licensed professionals who take part are presumed to act within their job and cannot be disciplined or sued or charged for the death from their participation.
Execution method rules and oversight limits
The law allows executions by lethal injection or by firing squad. For executions now, within 5 days after a death warrant, the corrections director must tell the court if lethal injection is available; if yes, it is used, and if not or no filing is made, a firing squad is used. If a court rules lethal injection unconstitutional, the firing squad is used. Beginning July 1, 2026, the check flips: the director must certify if a firing squad is available; if yes, it is used, and if not or no filing is made, lethal injection is used. If a court rules the firing squad unconstitutional, lethal injection is used. The director sets execution procedures, and those procedures are not subject to the state's normal rulemaking process.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Doug Ricks
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/27/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 34 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Reported Signed by Governor on March 31, 2026 Session Law Chapter 225 Effective: 03/31/2026 SECTION 1 & 3; 07/01/2026 SECTION 2
4/1/2026Delivered to Governor at 4:50 p.m. on March 30, 2026
3/31/2026Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
3/30/2026HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 34-1-0
3/27/2026HouseRead second time; filed for Third Reading
3/25/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
3/24/2026HouseReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
3/18/2026SenateRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
3/17/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
3/16/2026HouseReported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
3/3/2026HouseIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
3/2/2026House
Bill Text
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