Bill Title: As enacted, enacts "The Capital Punishment Enforcement Act", which provides that if the lethal injection method of carrying out the punishment of death is found to be unconstitutional or the commissioner certifies to the governor that an essential ingredient for that method is unavailable, the method of carrying out the death sentence is electrocution. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 23, Part 1.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-03 - Pub. Ch. 1014 [SB2580 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Ken Yager [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dennis Powers [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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