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 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1014 [HB2476 Detail]

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

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	(VOICE VOTE) CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage - refer to: House Regular Calendar 1	2014-04-15	0	0	0	0	0	Failed	Link	View
House	(VOICE VOTE) STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage - refer to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee	2014-04-08	0	0	0	0	0	Failed	Link	View
House	(VOICE VOTE) CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage w/amendments- refer to: State Government Committee	2014-04-02	0	0	0	0	0	Failed	Link	View
House	(VOICE VOTE) CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Recommended for passage w/amendments- refer to: Civil Justice Committee	2014-03-26	0	0	0	0	0	Failed	Link	View

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