Illinois 93rd Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 277 — EXECUTIONS-MEDICAL PERSONNEL

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0379

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Deletes language providing that the disciplinary provisions of the Act do not apply to persons who carry out or assist in executions of death sentences. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant sentenced to death shall be executed by lethal injection until death is pronounced by a coroner who is not a licensed physician. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall establish procedures for an execution by rule. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall not request, require, or allow a health care practitioner licensed in Illinois to participate in an execution. Provides that, in confidential investigations by the Department of Professional Regulation, the Department of Corrections shall disclose the names and license numbers of health care practitioners participating or performing ancillary functions in an execution to the Department of Professional Regulation and the Department of Professional Regulation shall forward those names and license numbers to the appropriate disciplinary boards. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

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SB277 Engrossed LRB093 03714 AMC 03744 b AN ACT concerning executions.
SB277 Enrolled LRB093 03714 AMC 03744 b AN ACT concerning executions.
(a)(1) A defendant sentenced to death shall be executed by an intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of an ultrashort-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic agent and potassium chloride or other SB277 Engrossed -2- LRB093 03714 AMC 03744 b equally effective substances sufficient to cause death until death is pronounced by a ________w____________ licensed physician a---o----------------------s------------- -e---------------.
(a)(1) A defendant sentenced to death shall be executed by an intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of an ultrashort-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic agent and potassium chloride or other SB277 Enrolled -2- LRB093 03714 AMC 03744 b equally effective substances sufficient to cause death until death is pronounced by a ________w____________ licensed physician a---o----------------------s------------- -e---------------.
____c____________ SB277 Engrossed -3- LRB093 03714 AMC 03744 b _____t_____________________a______________________l_____________ _____e_____________________o______________________e_____________ _____s_____________________c______________________t_____________ _____r_____________________n______________________t_____________ _____t______________________R_____________________e_____________ _____s_____________________a______________________s_____________ _____r______________________d____________________ (f) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of 1991 are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
____c____________ SB277 Enrolled -3- LRB093 03714 AMC 03744 b _____t_____________________a______________________l_____________ _____e_____________________o______________________e_____________ _____s_____________________c______________________t_____________ _____r_____________________n______________________t_____________ _____t______________________R_____________________e_____________ _____s_____________________a______________________s_____________ _____r______________________d____________________ (f) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of 1991 are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0379

  2. Effective Date July 24, 2003

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000

  7. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  8. Second Reading - Short Debate

  9. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  10. Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-000-000

  11. Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

  12. Referred to Rules Committee

  13. First Reading

  14. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  15. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady

  16. Arrived in House

  17. Third Reading - Passed; 041-007-006

  18. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003

  19. Second Reading

  20. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2003

  21. Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000

  22. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama

  23. Assigned to Health & Human Services

  24. Referred to Rules

  25. First Reading

  26. Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton

Sponsors

  • John J. Cullerton · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • John J. Cullerton

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 115 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 103002
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 115002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (117)
Member Party Vote
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Scully — Yea
Slone — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Capparelli — Yea
McKeon — Yea
Millner — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Giles — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Parke — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Forby — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Krause — Yea
Kurtz — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Brady — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Munson — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Novak — Yea
O'Brien — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Turner — Yea
Howard — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Wirsing — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Davis, Steve — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Lang — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Tenhouse — Not Voting
Poe — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 41 Yea · 7 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35709
Democrat 6001
Republican 0001
Total 417011
% of votes cast 69%12%0%19%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Althoff — Not Voting
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Not Voting
Cronin — Nay
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Obama — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Lauzen — Not Voting
Cullerton — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Maloney — Yea
Jones, W. — Nay
Watson — Nay
Meeks — Yea
Petka — Not Voting
Philip — Not Voting
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Nay
Viverito — Yea
Winkel — Not Voting
Wojcik — Nay
Woolard — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Peterson — Nay
Rauschenberger — Not Voting
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Not Voting
Rutherford — Nay
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Not Voting
Dave Syverson Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 277 do?
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Deletes language providing that the disciplinary provisions of the Act do not apply to persons who carry out or assist in executions of death sentences. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant sentenced to death shall be executed by lethal injection until death is pronounced by a coroner who is not a licensed physician. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall establish procedures for an execution by rule. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall not request, require, or allow a health care practitioner licensed in Illinois to participate in an execution. Provides that, in confidential investigations by the Department of Professional Regulation, the Department of Corrections shall disclose the names and license numbers of health care practitioners participating or performing ancillary functions in an execution to the Department of Professional Regulation and the Department of Professional Regulation shall forward those names and license numbers to the appropriate disciplinary boards. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 277?
SB 277 is sponsored by John J. Cullerton.
What is the current status of SB 277?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2003. Enacted.
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