AL HB18

Amends Alabama law to require execution by electrocution for persons sentenced to death on or after the bill's effective date if lethal injection is ruled unconstitutional or if lethal injection drugs become unavailable through no fault of the Department of Corrections.

Allows persons sentenced to death before the effective date to elect electrocution as their execution method by written request delivered to the warden within 30 days of the Alabama Supreme Court affirming their death sentence, or within 48 hours of a new execution date being set if a warrant was pending on July 1, 2002.

Default execution method remains lethal injection unless electrocution is elected or unless lethal injection becomes unavailable or unconstitutional.

Establishes that changes in execution methods do not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause or Article I, Section 22 of Alabama's Constitution, and that such changes do not increase punishment or reduce sentences.

Creates confidentiality protections for the identity and records of persons involved in obtaining, compounding, or administering execution drugs, with limited exceptions for civil litigation involving personal injury or property damage.