California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 1018 — Death penalty: lethal injection protocol.

Last action — From committee without further action.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law provides that a person sentenced to death shall have the opportunity to elect to have the punishment imposed by lethal gas or by an intravenous lethal injection of a nonspecified substance or substances by standards established under the direction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. If no election is made, the penalty of death shall be imposed by lethal injection. This bill would specify that, on or after January 1, 2013, the substance to be used for the lethal injection shall be an ultra-short-acting barbiturate or other similar drug, not to be used in combination with a chemical paralytic. The bill would require the department to develop and implement a lethal injection protocol for this drug to be available for use on and after January 1, 2013. The bill would delete the requirement that the lethal injection be intravenous.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From committee without further action.

  2. Held in committee and under submission.

  3. (Suspense - for vote only.)

  4. Set for hearing May 27.

  5. Placed on APPR suspense file.

  6. Set for hearing May 3.

  7. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3308.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  9. Set for hearing April 20.

  10. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  11. Set for hearing April 13.

  12. To Com. on PUB. S.

  13. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 13.

  14. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Harman · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Harman

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Leno — Yea
Price — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cox — Yea
Denham — Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1018 do?
Existing law provides that a person sentenced to death shall have the opportunity to elect to have the punishment imposed by lethal gas or by an intravenous lethal injection of a nonspecified substance or substances by standards established under the direction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. If no election is made, the penalty of death shall be imposed by lethal injection. This bill would specify that, on or after January 1, 2013, the substance to be used for the lethal injection shall be an ultra-short-acting barbiturate or other similar drug, not to be used in combination with a chemical paralytic. The bill would require the department to develop and implement a lethal injection protocol for this drug to be available for use on and after January 1, 2013. The bill would delete the requirement that the lethal injection be intravenous.
Who sponsors SB 1018?
SB 1018 is sponsored by Harman.
What is the current status of SB 1018?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 1018?
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