Loading chat...

NC H270

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

David Willis

Click for details

Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes electrocution as the default method of execution in North Carolina, replacing lethal injection as the primary method
  • Allows condemned persons to elect death by firing squad or lethal injection (if available) instead of electrocution, with written election required 14 days before each execution date
  • Requires the Secretary of the Department of Adult Correction to certify to the NC Supreme Court whether execution methods are available upon receipt of execution notice
  • Protects licensed health care professionals (physicians, nurses, pharmacists) from disciplinary action by state licensing boards for assisting with executions
  • Applies retroactively to persons sentenced to death before the effective date, who will be executed by electrocution unless they elect an alternative method

Legislative Description

Revise Law on the Death Penalty

Public

Last Action

Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

5/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House5/6/2025
State and Local Government4/29/2025
Judiciary II3/5/2025

Full Bill Text

No bill text available