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HCS/HB 820 - This act requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to select an execution team. The team shall consist of the persons who administer lethal gas or lethal chemicals and persons who provide direct support for the administration of such gas or chemicals. The identities of execution team members shall be confidential. A record that could identify a person as being a current or former execution team member shall be privileged and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for disclosure to any person or entity. Any execution protocol of the Department of Corrections is a closed record, except for the provision that directly relates to the administration of lethal gas or chemicals. Any person who knowingly discloses the identity of a former or current member of an execution team or discloses a record knowing that it could identify such person as a member commits a class A misdemeanor, unless such disclosure is made with the express consent of the Director of the Department of Corrections. A licensing board or department shall not censure, reprimand, suspend, revoke, or take other disciplinary action against a person's license because of participation in a lawful execution. All members of the execution team are entitled to coverage under the state legal expense fund for conduct of such execution team member arising out of and performed in connection with his or her official duties on behalf of the state. This act is similar to SB 258(2007). SUSAN HENDERSON MOORE
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