---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capital defendant, execution methods further provided for, use of by nitrogen hypoxia if lethal injection is unavailable or on election of defendant, Secs. 15-18-82, 15-18-82.1 am'd."
description: "Capital defendant, execution methods further provided for, use of by nitrogen hypoxia if lethal injection is unavailable or on election of defendant, Secs. 15-18-82, 15-18-82.1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Alabama SB 272 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Execution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pittman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f2f86c4-3441-4a5e-aa79-b682993cdd9e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB272"
source_hash: "934354902ec0c0e36a35cd04b92a485e1fb6e240d38a77c5b8c170236c69ab68"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 272 (2018rs) — Capital defendant, execution methods further provided for, use of by nitrogen hypoxia if lethal injection is unavailable or on election of defendant, Secs. 15-18-82, 15-18-82.1 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB272-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB272-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 916 — **75–23** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 497 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pittman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 497 `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 916 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-353. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f2f86c4-3441-4a5e-aa79-b682993cdd9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).