Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1022 Compare Versions

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1313 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40,
1414 relative to the death penalty.
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1616 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
1717 SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-23-114, is amended by adding
1818 the following as a new subsection:
1919 (g) For purposes of carrying out a sentence of death, lethal injection protocol
2020 may include the use of pharmaceutical fentanyl.
2121 SECTION 2. For purposes of promulgating rules, this act takes effect upon becoming a
2222 law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes effect July 1, 2025, the
2323 public welfare requiring it.