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HB1022Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to the death penalty.

Introduced

Introduced by Lowell Russell, District 21

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Official description

As introduced, specifies that for purposes of carrying out a sentence of death, lethal injection protocol may include the use of pharmaceutical fentanyl. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Where it stands

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

March 18, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/19/2025

  6. Meeting Canceled

  7. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

  8. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/11/2026

  9. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  10. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/18/2026

  11. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  12. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

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