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HB 2418 Freedom of Information Act; exemption for persons designated to carry out execution.

Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Transfer of prisoner to facility housing death chamber; confidentiality of execution records.  Provides that the identities of persons designated by the Director to conduct an execution shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction as evidence in any civil proceeding, unless good cause is shown. The bill also removes the specific time constraints on when a prisoner condemned to die must be transferred to the correctional center that houses the death chamber.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Transfer of prisoner to facility housing death chamber; confidentiality of execution records.  Provides that the identities of persons designated to carry out an execution are confidential, exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, and not subject to discovery or introduction as evidence in any proceeding, unless good cause is shown. The bill also removes the specific time constraints on when a prisoner condemned to die must be transferred to the correctional center that houses the death chamber.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Transfer of prisoner to facility housing death chamber; confidentiality of execution records. Provides that the identities of persons designated to carry out an execution are confidential, exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, and not subject to discovery or introduction as evidence in any proceeding. The bill also removes the specific time constraints on when a prisoner condemned to die must be transferred to the correctional center wherein the death chamber is housed and when, prior to execution, the prisoner must elect to execution by a method other than lethal injection.