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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding |
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procedures and substances used in the execution of a convict. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.1081, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 552.1081. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN |
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INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTION OF CONVICT. (a) Information is |
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excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it contains |
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identifying information under Article 43.14, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, including that of[: |
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(1)] any person who participates in an execution |
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procedure, including a person who uses[, supplies,] or administers |
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a substance during the execution.[; and |
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(2) any person or] |
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(b) This section does not except from the requirements of |
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Section 552.021 information identifying any entity that |
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manufactures, transports, tests, procures, compounds, prescribes, |
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dispenses, or provides a substance or supplies used in an |
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execution. |
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SECTION 2. Article 43.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 43.14. EXECUTION OF CONVICT: CONFIDENTIAL |
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INFORMATION. (a) Whenever the sentence of death is pronounced |
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against a convict, the sentence shall be executed at any time after |
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the hour of 6 p.m. on the day set for the execution, by intravenous |
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injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity |
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sufficient to cause death and until such convict is dead, such |
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execution procedure to be determined and supervised by the director |
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of the correctional institutions division of the Texas Department |
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of Criminal Justice. |
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(b) The name, address, and other identifying information of |
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any person who participates in an execution procedure described by |
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Subsection (a), including a person who uses or administers a |
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substance during the execution, [the following] is confidential and |
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excepted from disclosure under Section 552.021, Government Code.[: |
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(1) any person who participates in an execution |
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procedure described by Subsection (a), including a person who uses, |
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supplies, or administers a substance during the execution; and |
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(2) any person or] |
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(c) The name, address, and other identifying information of |
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any entity that manufactures, transports, tests, procures, |
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compounds, prescribes, dispenses, or provides a substance or |
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supplies used in an execution is not confidential and not excepted |
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from disclosure under Section 552.021, Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to |
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information, records, and notations collected, made, assembled, or |
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maintained on, before, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |