Committee sends bill clarifying execution procedures and confidentiality to the floor
HB 803 would confirm that execution protocols developed by the corrections director are exempt from the Idaho Administrative Procedures Act and extend confidentiality protections to firing-squad participants; the committee moved the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after agency clarification.
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Senator Doug Ricks told the Judiciary & Rules Committee that HB 803 would clarify legislative intent that execution protocols developed by the corrections director are not subject to the Idaho Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and would extend the confidentiality protections currently afforded to those involved in lethal injection to persons or entities involved in executions by firing squad. "This is regarding House Bill 803 ... to clarify that executions, the execution protocols developed by the director are not subject to the Idaho Administrative Procedures Act," Ricks said.
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