SB325 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bill Holtzclaw

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Capital punishment, person or entity who participates in an execution or performs any ancillary function shall be confidential, Sec. 15-18-82.1 am'd.

Summary

SB325 would keep the identities of people and entities involved in executions confidential, including drug providers and execution staff.

What This Bill Does

It amends Section 15-18-82.1 to require confidentiality of names, addresses, qualifications, and other identifying information for anyone who manufactures, compounds, prescribes, dispenses, or administers drugs used in an execution, and for anyone who participates in or supports the execution. This confidential information would not be disclosed or admissible in court or other tribunals, and would cover department records, including electronic ones. The bill also allows state-designated personnel to prescribe, prepare, or dispense lethal-injection drugs and clarifies that these actions do not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or pharmacy; it also exempts Department of Corrections procedures from certain administrative rules.

Who It Affects

• People or entities that manufacture, compound, prescribe, dispense, supply, or administer drugs used in executions, and anyone who participates in or supports an execution; their identifying information would be confidential and not disclosed.
• Department of Corrections staff and state-designated personnel involved in executions (prescribers, preparers, dispensers); their roles are recognized as handling lethal-injection drugs and are protected from being treated as medical practice, with related DOC procedures exempt from certain administrative rules.

Key Provisions

• Confidentiality of identifying information for all individuals and entities involved in the drugs and execution process, including electronic records and information contained in departmental records.
• Authorization for designated state-law personnel to prescribe, prepare, compound, or dispense lethal-injection drugs, with a clarification that such actions are not the practice of medicine, nursing, or pharmacy, and an exemption of the Department of Corrections' execution procedures from the Administrative Procedure Act.

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Subjects

Capital Punishment