Revise Law on the Death Penalty.
HB 270 revises North Carolina's death penalty laws by altering the available methods of execution for individuals sentenced to death. It allows convicted persons to choose between electrocution, firing squad, or lethal injection, with electrocution serving as the default if no election is made or other methods are unavailable. The bill also protects licensed healthcare professionals from disciplinary action for assisting in executions and permits other medical professionals, like nurses or paramedics, to monitor the process and certify death. Additionally, it makes the identities of those involved in carrying out executions confidential.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 3, 2025
Last action May 6, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted and renumbered from a filed version to an official edition, with minor text corrections. The substantive policy content regarding death penalty execution methods, health care professional protections, and execution procedures remains unchanged.
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Header information was updated to reflect official edition formatting, including session date and bill number changes from DRH40128-ML-71 to H270-v-1.
Sponsor list was expanded to include additional representatives and added a reference to the General Assembly website for complete sponsor information.
Minor text corrections were made throughout the bill, including fixing repeated words like 'substances substances' and adjusting line breaks for proper formatting.
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Total actions
7
Key actions
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Committee
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May 6, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On State and Local Government
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
3 primary · 7 co-sponsors
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