bill making prisons log every execution drug

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89R9376 JDK-D

By: Menéndez
S.B. No. 1690

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice record of

information regarding death penalty drugs.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by

adding Section 493.036 to read as follows:

Sec. 493.036. RECORD OF DEATH PENALTY DRUGS. (a) The

department shall adopt a policy to track the department's inventory

of drugs for the execution of inmates receiving the death penalty.

The policy must require the department to maintain a record that

includes with respect to each drug, the name of the drug, the date

received by the department, the expiration date, and, if

applicable, the date used by the department in an execution.

(b) For a drug for which the expiration date is extended

after receipt by the department, the record under this section must

include the original expiration date, the date and results of

applicable testing, and the new expiration date.

(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the department

shall submit a report containing the information maintained under

this section to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker

of the house of representatives, and each standing committee of the

legislature with primary jurisdiction over the department.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.