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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana Bill Requires Lawmakers to Staff Prison Execution Teams
Last action · January 8, 2026: Representative Genda added as coauthorSponsors: Robert Morris and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Requires the warden of the state prison to select an execution team consisting of members of the general assembly who have volunteered to serve on the execution team. Prohibits a person who is not a member of the general assembly from serving on an execution team, and provides that an execution may not be carried out until the execution team is fully staffed. Specifies that the name of a member of the general assembly who: (1) volunteers to serve on an execution team; or (2) serves on an execution team; is a public record.
The bill shifts direct operational duties in state executions from anonymous correctional personnel or private contractors to elected members of the General Assembly, while making those participating lawmakers' identities explicitly public.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Members of the General Assembly
Department of Correction
The department must establish training and certification requirements for the new legislative execution teams and coordinate team staffing.
Key Facts
- The warden of the state prison must select an execution team consisting only of members of the general assembly who have volunteered.
- Individuals who are not members of the general assembly are prohibited from serving on an execution team.
- Executions cannot be carried out until the execution team is fully staffed, trained, and certified by the department of correction.
- The name of any member of the general assembly who volunteers or serves on an execution team is designated as a public record.
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- Lawmakers wishing to serve must submit their name in writing with qualifications to their chamber's presiding officer, who transmits it to the department of correction commissioner.
- The department of correction may contract with outsourcing facilities, wholesale drug distributors, pharmacies, or pharmacists for lethal injection substances.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 8, 2026HouseRepresentative Genda added as coauthor
- Jan 6, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
- Jan 6, 2026HouseCoauthored by Representative Judy
- Jan 6, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Morris
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment40Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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