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HB 815 Execution; if lethal injection is not available, electrocution shall be used.
Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Method of execution. Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to enter into contracts with a pharmacy or outsourcing facility for the compounding of drugs necessary to carry out an execution by lethal injection and provides that the compounding of such drugs (i) does not constitute the practice of pharmacy; (ii) is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Pharmacy, the Board of Medicine, or the Department of Health Professions; and (iii) is exempt from the laws governing pharmacies and the Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.). The bill also provides that the identities of any pharmacy or outsourcing facilities that enters into such a contract with the Department of Corrections, any officer or employee of such pharmacy or outsourcing facility, and any person or entity used by such pharmacy or outsourcing facility to facilitate the compounding of such drugs shall be confidential and exempt from the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) and shall not be subject to discovery or introduction as evidence in any civil proceeding unless good cause is shown. The bill also sets forth labeling requirements for any drug compounded pursuant to such a contract.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101602D pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB815ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/16 House: Governor's substitute printed 16106477D-H1 pdf
- 04/20/16 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB815ER2) pdf
- 04/20/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Senate amendments rejected
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101602D
- 01/12/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/20/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/03/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 7-N)
- 02/05/16 House: Read first time
- 02/08/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/16 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/10/16 House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 33-N)
- 02/10/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (62-Y 33-N)
- 02/11/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/02/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
- 03/04/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/16 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/16 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/07/16 Senate: Amendment by Senator Surovell rejected
- 03/07/16 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/07/16 Senate: Amendment by Senator Dunnavant agreed to
- 03/07/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/07/16 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 17-N)
- 03/08/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/08/16 House: Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/08/16 House: VOTE:REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/09/16 Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (37-Y 2-N)
- 03/09/16 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/10/16 House: House acceded to request
- 03/10/16 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/16 House: Delegates: Miller, Bell, R.B., Watts
- 03/10/16 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/16 Senate: Senators: Stuart, Obenshain, Saslaw
- 03/10/16 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/11/16 House: Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N)
- 03/11/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (65-Y 32-N)
- 03/11/16 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 03/25/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB815ER)
- 03/25/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/28/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/28/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/28/16
- 03/28/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/08/16 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/08/16 House: Governor's substitute printed 16106477D-H1
- 04/20/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/20/16 House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (47-Y 51-N)
- 04/20/16 House: VOTE: REJECTED (47-Y 51-N)
- 04/20/16 House: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to
- 04/20/16 House: Motion that Governor recommendation is not specific and severable is rejected (36-Y 63-N)
- 04/20/16 House: VOTE: Not Specific and Severable (36-Y 63-N)
- 04/20/16 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (59-Y 40-N)
- 04/20/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (59-Y 40-N)
- 04/20/16 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 16-N)
- 04/20/16 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/20/16 House: Reenrolled
- 04/20/16 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB815ER2)
- 04/20/16 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/20/16 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/20/16 House: Enacted, Chapter 747 (effective 7/1/16)
- 04/20/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0747)