Florida Senate Votes for More Secrecy Around Executions

Storm clouds pass over the Booking and Release Center at the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Florida, on July 16, 2011. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

PUNTA GORDA, Florida–The state Senate on March 7 approved a bill that would add to the existing secrecy around state executions,  sending the measure to the desk of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Florida’s current law is a public-records exemption that shields information about people such as executioners and prescribers of the drugs used for lethal injections.