Tennessee HB1022 allows the use of pharmaceutical fentanyl in lethal injection protocols for carrying out death sentences.
Tennessee HB1022 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, to permit the inclusion of pharmaceutical fentanyl in lethal injection protocols for carrying out death sentences. The act takes effect for rule promulgation purposes immediately upon becoming law, and for all other purposes on July 1, 2025.
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