SB 2580 - Authorizes the Use of Certain Execution Methods - Tennessee Key Vote
Micah Van Huss voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- May 22, 2014
- Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 17, 2014
- House Bill Passed
- April 16, 2014
- Senate Bill Passed
- April 9, 2014
- Introduced
- Feb. 6, 2014
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Title: Authorizes the Use of Certain Execution Methods
Signed by Governor Bill Haslam
Title: Authorizes the Use of Certain Execution Methods
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that authorizes the use of an alternative execution method, effective July 1, 2014.
Highlights:
- Authorizes electrocution as an alternative method of execution in the case of the following situations (Sec. 1):
- If a court of competent jurisdiction rules lethal injection as unconstitutional; or
- If the Commissioner of Correction certifies to the governor that 1 or more of the ingredients essential to a lethal injection is unavailable.
Title: Authorizes the Use of Certain Execution Methods
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the use of an alternative execution method, effective July 1, 2014.
Highlights:
- Authorizes electrocution as an alternative method of execution in the case of the following situations (Sec. 1):
- If a court of competent jurisdiction rules lethal injection as unconstitutional; or
- If the Commissioner of Correction certifies to the governor that 1 or more of the ingredients essential to a lethal injection is unavailable.
Title: Authorizes the Use of Certain Execution Methods