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DE HB155

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

5/2/2017

Primary Sponsor

Sean Lynn

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Origin

House of Representatives

149th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Removes the Department of Correction's authority to execute court orders for capital punishment sentences
  • Prohibits the Department from administering lethal doses of 15 specified drugs and drug combinations to individuals in its care
  • Eliminates hanging as an authorized method of execution in Delaware
  • Strikes language that authorized lethal injection procedures and permitted pharmacists to dispense drugs for executions without prescription

Legislative Description

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Capital Punishment.

Last Action

Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

5/2/2017

Committee Referrals

Judiciary5/2/2017

Full Bill Text

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