03 March 2022 :

House passes HB 658 granting confidentiality in executions.
The Idaho House of Representatives voted 38-30 Thursday to pass a bill that would give confidentiality to the suppliers and manufacturers of lethal injection drugs. If it becomes law, the bill would give confidentiality to any person or business who “compounds, synthesizes, tests, sells, supplies, manufactures, stores, transports, procures, dispenses, or prescribes the chemicals or substances for use in an execution or that provides the medical supplies or medical equipment for the execution process.” The on-site physician and any members of the medical or escort teams for executions would also be given confidentiality under the bill. The bill would also prevent the confidential information from being released in court filings and documents as well. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Greg Chaney, R-Caldwell, said the state will no longer be able to carry out lethal injections without offering companies and individuals the confidentiality protection included in the bill. During a public hearing on the bill Feb. 17, Idaho Department of Correction Director Josh Tewalt testified that the state is not able to obtain the drugs necessary to carry out an execution.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/feb/26/idaho-house-passes-bill-granting-confidentiality-i/