Get involved! Moratorium organizing state by state.

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Legislation	Bill #	Details	Sponsor	Status
2008	House: HB1870	Moratorium on executions until 2011 and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Rep. Bill Deeken	Referred to Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee 3/6/08 Introduced 1/29/08
2008	House: HB1614	Moratorium on executions until 2011 and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Rep. John L Bowman	Hearing in Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee 4/1/08 Introduced 1/14/08
2007	Senate: SB439	Moratorium on executions until 2011 and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Sen. Rita Days	Died with end of session, 5/30/07 Introduced 2/7/07
2007	House: HB445	Moratorium on executions until 2010 and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Rep. Bill Deeken	Died with end of session, 5/30/07 Hearing in Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee 3/13/07 Introduced 1/18/07
2006	House: HB1496	Moratorium on executions until 2010 and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Rep. Bill Deeken	Died with end of session, 5/26/06 Introduced 1/25/06
2006	Senate: SB827	Moratorium on executions until 2010 and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Sen. Pat Dougherty	Died with end of session, 5/26/06 Introduced 1/9/06
2005	House: HB74	Moratorium on executions until 2007 and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Rep. Craig Bland	bill died with end of the session.
	House: HB408	Moratorium on executions until 2009 and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Rep. Sherman Parker	bill died with end of the session.
	Senate: SB303	Moratorium on executions until 2009 and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Sen. Pat Dougherty	bill died with end of the session hearing 4/11/2005
2004	Senate: S726	Moratorium on executions and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Sen. Mary Groves Bland	bill died with end of the session hearing 3/8/2004
2004	House: HB890	Moratorium on executions and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Rep. Craig Bland	bill died with end of the session
2003	Senate: SB22	Moratorium on executions and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Sen. Mary Groves Bland	bill died with end of the session
2003	House: HB542	Moratorium on executions and study commission. Bill text at Missouri Legislature.	Rep. Marsha Campbell	bill died with end of the session
2002	Senate: SB731	Enacts a moratorium while a 9-member commission studies the death penalty	Sen. Mary Bland	bill died with end of the session
2001	House: HB68	Creates a death penalty commission and imposes a 3 year moratorium. Bill text at Missouri House.	Rep. Chris Liese	bill dead
2001	Senate: SB55	Establishes a death penalty study commission and imposes a 3-year moratorium. See bill at Missouri Senate.	Sen. Mary Bland	bill dead
Contact State & Local Groups	Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty www.moabolition.org Colleen Cunningham cunningham@moabolition.org (314) 256-9810		Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty (MADP) is a vibrant, statewide organization that incorporated in 2006 after years working across the state in two separate coalitions. MADP has championed legislation to enact a moratorium and is working with diverse partners from all corners of the state.
Action Alert!	Could your Missouri city council be the next to pass a moratorium resolution? What about your church or synagogue? Contact Equal Justice USA or the groups above to learn more.
More Info.	Articles from *Moratorium* *News!* and EJUSA updates: State by State Partnership Report - Missouri - October 2003 Which groups in Missouri have endorsed a moratorium on executions? Check out the Missouri portion of the National Tally!
Additional information and corrections are welcome! Send updates to: sarahc@quixote.org or call Sarah at 301-699-0042. To search for non-moratorium death penalty legislation, see the Justice Project's excellent legislative search engine. For additional statistics about the death penalty in your state, including the makeup of death row, execution methods, executions per year, and more, see the Death Penalty Information Center's state page. return to top

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Legislation	Bill #	Details	Sponsor	Status
2008	No moratorium legislation yet this year.
2007	House: HB205	Moratorium and Death Penalty Impact Committee. Bill text at Mississippi Legislature.	Rep. John Mayo	Died in committee 1/30/2007
2006	House: HB350	Moratorium and Death Penalty Impact Committee. Bill text at Mississippi Legislature.	Rep. John Mayo	Died in committee 1/31/2006 Introduced 1/6/2006
2005	House: HB88	Moratorium and Death Penalty Impact Committee. Bill text at Mississippi Legislature.	Rep. John Mayo	died in committee 2/1/2005
2004	House: HB139	Moratorium and Death Penalty Impact Committee. Bill text at Mississippi Legislature.	Rep. John Mayo	died in committee at end of session
2003	House: HB269	Moratorium and Death Penalty Impact Committee. Bill text at Mississippi Legislature.	Rep. John Mayo	died in committee 02/04/03
2002	House: HB413	Enacts a moratorium on executions and a study commission.	Rep. John Mayo	died in committee
2001	House: HB1127	Enacts a moratorium on executions. Bill text at Mississippi Legislature.	Rep. John Mayo	died in Judiciary En Banc Committee January 30, 2001
Contact State & Local Groups	Mississippians Educating for Smart Justice (MESJ) Lori M. Bell, Project Director mesjinfo@yahoo.com 662-820-5539 www.mesj.info		This state wide coalition is in process of developing panel presentations regarding the death penalty. Panelists will approach the topic from a variety of perspectives -- legal, faith based, victim, etc. These panels will be held on college campuses in an effort to reach youth so they understand there are better options than the death penalty.
Action Alert!	Start a resolution drive in your area to help kickstart a moratorium campaign in your neighborhood. Simply ask local churches, synagogues, community groups and other organizations to pass a resolution calling for a moratorium on executions. See our organizing packet for more information, or contact us.
More Info.	Check out the Mississippi portion of the National Tally to see which groups support a moratorium! It's a small list, so get a resolution drive going in your neighborhood and help it grow.
Additional information and corrections are welcome! Send updates to: sarahc@quixote.org or call Sarah at 301-699-0042. To search for non-moratorium death penalty legislation, see the Justice Project's excellent legislative search engine. For additional statistics about the death penalty in your state, including the makeup of death row, execution methods, executions per year, and more, see the Death Penalty Information Center's state page. return to top

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Legislation	Bill #	Details	Sponsor	Status
2008	No legislative session this year.
2007	Senate: SB306	Eliminates the death penalty. Bill text at Montana Legislature.	Sen. Dan Harrington	Motion to have up-or-down vote on Senate floor failed 51-49, 4/12/07 Bill tabled in Committee, 3/9/07 Hearing in House Judicary Committee 3/9/07 Passed Senate 27-22 2/24/07 Passed Senate Judicary committee 8-4 2/15/07
2007	House: HB 697	Creates Death Penalty Study Commission and enacts moratorium until 60 days after commission report. Bill text at Montana Legislature.	Rep. Joey Jane	Died at end of session 4/27/07 Introduced 2/13/07
Contact State & Local Groups	www.mtabolitionco.org Jennifer Kirby, Capital Punishment Associate jenk@mtabolitionco.org (406) 461-8176			The Montana Abolition Coalition is headlining the campaign for a full repeal of the death penalty in Montana.
Action Alert!	Start a resolution drive in your area to help kickstart a moratorium campaign in your neighborhood. Simply ask local churches, synagogues, community groups and other organizations to pass a resolution calling for a moratorium on executions. See our organizing packet for more information, or contact us.
More Info.	Check out the Montana portion of the National Tally to see which groups support a moratorium! It's a small list, so get a resolution drive going in your neighborhood and help it grow.
Additional information and corrections are welcome! Send updates to: sarahc@quixote.org or call Sarah at 301-699-0042. To search for non-moratorium death penalty legislation, see the Justice Project's excellent legislative search engine. For additional statistics about the death penalty in your state, including the makeup of death row, execution methods, executions per year, and more, see the Death Penalty Information Center's state page. return to top

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Legislation	Bill #	Details	Sponsor	Status
2007-2008	House: H1691	2-year moratorium on executions and 2-year study. Bill text at North Carolina Legislature.	Rep. Earline Parmone	Referred to Judiciary Committee 4/19/07
2005-2006	House: H529	2-year moratorium on executions and 2-year study, Amended to just 2-year study. Bill text at North Carolina Legislature.	Rep. Joe Hackney	Died at end of session, 7/28/06 Amended to study bill and reported favorably out of Judiciary committee, 7/12/05. Reported favorably out of Judiciary committee 8-6, 5/31/05.
	House: H5	Moratorium on executions and study. Bill text at North Carolina Legislature.	Rep. Paul Miller	Died at end of session, 7/28/06 Referred to committee 1/27/2005
	House: H360	Study Commission on the death penalty. Bill text at North Carolina Legislature.	Rep. Mark Hilton	Died at end of session, 7/28/06 Referred to committee 1/27/2005
2003-2004	Senate: SB972	Moratorium on executions for two years. Bill text at North Carolina Legislature.	Sen. Eleanor Kinnaird	Passed Senate 04/30/03; vote on second reading was 29-21.
	House: HB1199	Moratorium on executions for two years. Bill text at North Carolina Legislature.	Rep. Paul Luebke	Died with end of the 2004 session.
	House: HB1774	Study of the death penalty. Bill text at North Carolina Legislature.	Rep. Ronnie Sutton	Died with end of the 2004 session.
2001-2002	Senate: SB172	Establishes a moratorium as recommended by the Legislative Research Commission until the General Assembly studies the death penalty and reports its findings by Feb 2003.	Sen. Frank Balance
2001-2002	House: HB1116	same as SB172
General Information	In 2000, a North Carolina legislative study commission conducted a preliminary examination of the state's death penalty. In their December 2000 report, they recommended that the 2001 legislature enact a statewide moratorium and conduct further study of the system's inequities. The Senate heeded the call in April 2003 and became the first southern legislative chamber to pass a moratorium bill. Though there were enough votes to pass it in the House, the Co-Speaker refused to call a vote and the bill died. Local organizers are now pursuing more city council moratorium resolutions to prepare for a renewed effort in the legislature in 2005. Articles from *Moratorium* *News!* and EJUSA updates: North Carolina Senate Passes Bill Suspending Executions - Summer 2003 Novelist Please for Ronald Frye's Life: An Open Letter to the Governor - Fall 2001 North Carolina becomes a model for state organizing as 3 cities pass moratorium resolutions - Fall 1999 Moratorium Campaign Brewing in North Carolina - Winter 1999 Over 1100 groups in North Carolina have endorsed a moratorium on executions. See the list at the North Carolina portion of the National Tally!
Contact State & Local Groups	The North Carolina Coalition for a Moratorium is coordinating efforts across the state. For info, updates, and to take action with just one click, see. www.ncmoratorium.org. Jeremy Collins jcollins@ncmoratorium.org (919) 491-2917
Contact State & Local Groups	People of Faith Against the Death Penalty Steve Dear (sdear@pfadp.org) 110 W. Main St., Suite 2-G Carrboro, NC 27510 (919) 933-7567 www.pfadp.org		PFADP has worked tirelessly to collect group resolutions calling for a moratorium. Among their impressive list are 39 local governments - more than in any other state.
Action Alert!	North Carolina got so close to enacting a moratorium in 2004! To help lay the groundwork for the next phase of the effort, contact People of Faith or the North Carolina Coalition for a Moratorium, above.
Additional information and corrections are welcome! Send updates to: sarahc@quixote.org or call Sarah at 301-699-0042. To search for non-moratorium death penalty legislation, see the Justice Project's excellent legislative search engine. For additional statistics about the death penalty in your state, including the makeup of death row, execution methods, executions per year, and more, see the Death Penalty Information Center's state page. return to top

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Legislation	Bill #	Details	Sponsor	Status
NEW JERSEY HAS ABOLISHED THE DEATH PENALTY!
2006-2007	Assembly: A1732	Replaces the death penalty with life without parole. Bill text at New Jersey Legislature.	Assemblymember Gordon Johnson	Passed on Assembly floor 44-36 12/13/07. Passed Committee on Law and Public safety 5-1 12/10/07. Introduced 1/10/06
2006-2007	Senate: S171	Replaces the death penalty with life without parole. Bill text at New Jersey Legislature.	Senator Raymond Lesniak	SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 12/17/07 Passed on Senate floor 21-16 12/10/07. Passed by Budget committee 8-4 12/3/07 Passed by Judiciary committee 8-2 5/10/07 Introduced 1/10/06
2004-2005	Assembly: A2347	Study bill with intent that there be no executions during the study. Bill text at New Jersey Legislature.	Assemblymember Reed Gusciora	SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 1/12/06 Substituted by S709 and passed 55-21-2, 1/9/06
	Senate: S709	Study bill with intent that there be no executions during the study. Bill text at New Jersey Legislature.	Sen. Shirley Turner and Sen Andrew Ciesla	Passed Senate floor 30-6, 12/15/05.
	Assembly: A3569	Abolishes the Death Penalty and replaces with life without parole. Bill text at New Jersey Legislature.	Assembymembers Willfredo Caraballo	referred to committee 12/2/2004
	Assembly: A2601	Abolishes the Death Penalty and replaces with life without parole. Bill text at New Jersey Legislature.	Assembymembers Gordon Johnson and Reed Gusciora	referred to committee 3/15/2004
	Senate: S1212	Abolishes the Death Penalty and replaces with life without parole. Bill text at New Jersey Legislature.	Sens. Raymond Lesniak and Robert Martin	referred to committee 2/24/2004
2002 - 2003	Assembly: A1913	Creates a study commission and suspends executions pending the study's completion and legislative and executive action.	Assemblyman Alfred Steele and Christopher "Kip" Bateman	Passed by a vote of 56-10, January 2003 without moratorium component
2002 - 2003	Senate: S1112	identical to A1913	Senator Shirley K. Turner	Passed unanimously in December 2003, but Governor vetoed on the last day of the session.
2001	Assembly: A1853	Imposes a 2 year moratorium on the death penalty; creates an interim study commission. Bill text at New Jersey Legislature.	Assemblyman Alfred Steele	died in committee
Contact State & Local Groups	New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty www.njadp.org Celeste Fitzgerald paxcf@aol.com 22 Oliver Street Chatham, NJ 07928		NJDPM's tireless efforts have built a credible, statewide moratorium movement with strong support from the civic and religious communities and bipartisan support in the General Assembly. They are now shifting gears to work for full repeal of the death penalty.
Action Alert!	Contact your NJDPM to get more involved.
More Info.	Which groups in New Jersey have endorsed a moratorium on executions? Check out the New Jersey portion of the National Tally!
More Info.	Articles from *Moratorium* *News!* and EJUSA updates: New Jersey moratorium legislation moves closer to victory - Fall 2002 The Nine Lives of the NJ Study Bill - Spring 2004 State by State Partnership Report - New Jersey - October 2003 New Jersey Holds Moratorium Week - Spring 2001
Additional information and corrections are welcome! Send updates to: sarahc@quixote.org or call Sarah at 301-699-0042. To search for non-moratorium death penalty legislation, see the Justice Project's excellent legislative search engine. For additional statistics about the death penalty in your state, including the makeup of death row, execution methods, executions per year, and more, see the Death Penalty Information Center's state page. return to top

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General Information	New Mexico activists are still concentrating on abolition, rather than moratorium, as their goal. An abolition bill passed out of committee in February 2003. Which groups in Nevada have endorsed a moratorium on executions? Check out the New Mexico portion of the National Tally!
Legislation	Bill #	Details	Sponsor	Status
2008	No moratorium legislation yet this year.
2007	House: HB190	Death penalty repeal. Bill text at the New Mexico Legislature.	Rep. Gail Chasey	Action postponed indefinitely. Died with end of session 3/17/07. Passed Senate Public Affairs Committee 6-1 3/2/07 Passed House 41-28 3/1/07 Passed House Judiciary committee 9-3 2/7/07 Passed House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee 4-3 1/30/07
2006	No moratorium legislation this year.
2005	House: HB576	Death penalty repeal. Bill text at the New Mexico Legislature. (organizers are now working on a repeal campaign)	Rep. Gail Beam	Action postponed indefinitely. Died with end of session. Passed Senate Rules Committee 4-2 3/8/05 Passed House 38-31 2/28/05
2004	No moratorium legislation this year.
2003	No moratorium legislation this year.
2002	No moratorium legislation this year.
2001	No moratorium legislation this year.
Contact State & Local Groups	New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty www.nmrepeal.org 505-986-9536 info@nmrepeal.org		The New Mexico Coalition played a key role in abolition legislation that almost passed the legislature!
Action Alert!	Contact the New Mexico coalition to get involved!
Additional information and corrections are welcome! Send updates to: sarahc@quixote.org or call Sarah at 301-699-0042. To search for non-moratorium death penalty legislation, see the Justice Project's excellent legislative search engine. For additional statistics about the death penalty in your state, including the makeup of death row, execution methods, executions per year, and more, see the Death Penalty Information Center's state page. return to top

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General Information	Nevada burst onto the national scene in 2001 when Republican Senator Joe Neal amended an abolition bill to a moratorium and pushed it through the Senate with a victory of 13-8. Although the bill died after crossing over to the Assembly, a legislative study commission was set up to study the death penalty and make recommendations to the 2003 legislative session. The commission issued its report in June 2002. They did not recommend moratorium or abolition, but did recommend abolishing the death penalty for the mentally retarded, conducting a more comprehensive study of the death penalty's cost, and other reforms. Some of the recommendations asked the legislature to act, while others were directed at the state's Supreme Court. Some of the recommendations have been put in place. Which groups in Nevada have endorsed a moratorium on executions? Check out the Nevada portion of the National Tally!
Legislation	Bill #	Details	Sponsor	Status
2008	The legislature is not in session this year.
2007	No moratorium legislation this year.
2006	The legislature is not in session this year.
2005	No moratorium legislation this year.
2004	The legislature was not in session this year.
2003	No moratorium legislation this year.
2002	The legislature was not in session this year.
2001	Senate: SB254	(Amended from abolition bill) Enacts a 2 year moratorium on executions while state officials study the death penalty. Bill text at Nevada Legislature.	Senator Joe Neal	passed Senate (13-8); March 18, 2001, moved to Assembly dead in Assembly Judiciary Committee as of May 21, 2001
Contact State & Local Groups	Nevada Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Nancy Hart nh@pinecrest.reno.nv.us		The Nevada Coalition is a statewide organization with two working groups in the northern and southern parts of the state. It is actively involved in legislative efforts to reform the death penalty as well as education efforts to address public misconceptions and inform the public about the serious flaws inherent in the death penalty system.
Action Alert!	Contact the coalition to find out about their latest efforts.
Additional information and corrections are welcome! Send updates to: sarahc@quixote.org or call Sarah at 301-699-0042. To search for non-moratorium death penalty legislation, see the Justice Project's excellent legislative search engine. For additional statistics about the death penalty in your state, including the makeup of death row, execution methods, executions per year, and more, see the Death Penalty Information Center's state page. return to top

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Legislation	Bill #	Details	Sponsor	Status
2007-2008	No moratorium legislation this session. There is currently a court-ordered moratorium in effect and there is no one on death row.
2005-2006	No moratorium legislation this session. There is currently a court-ordered moratorium in effect.
2003-2004	Senate: SB3072	Moratorium on executions until November 1, 2013 or repeal of the death penalty, whichever is sooner. Study commission. Bill text at New York Legislature.	Senator Krueger	died with end of session
	Senate: SO3071	Moratorium on executions for seven years. Bill text at New York Legislature.	Senator Krueger	died with end of session
2002	Senate: SB2582	Establishes a 7-year moratorium on executions	Sen. Richard Bollinger	In committee
2001	No moratorium legislation this year.
Contact State & Local Groups	www.nyadp.org David Kaczinski (info@nyadp.org) 40 North Main Ave. Albany, NY 12203 518-453-6797		NYADP is a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals committed to the abolition of capital punishment. With chapters across the state, NYADP provides information, advocates for public policy and mobilizes the grassroots. Recent successes include passage of New York City Council moratorium resolution and recent endorsements by major unions.
Action Alert!	New York City unions are getting on the moratorium bandwagon! Meanwhile, campaigns in several upstate cities to get moratorium resolutions are gathering steam. Contact NYADP to get more involved!
More Info.	Which groups in New York have endorsed a moratorium on executions? Check out the New York portion of the National Tally!
	Articles from *Moratorium* *News!* and EJUSA updates: New York death penalty remains at bay - Spring 2004 State by State Partnership Report - New York - October 2003 New York City and union DC37 pass moratorium resolution! - June & July, 2002 New York City Council Considering Moratorium Resolution - Spring 2001 Upstate New Yorkers Collect 45 Resolutions - Winter 2000
Additional information and corrections are welcome! Send updates to: sarahc@quixote.org or call Sarah at 301-699-0042. To search for non-moratorium death penalty legislation, see the Justice Project's excellent legislative search engine. For additional statistics about the death penalty in your state, including the makeup of death row, execution methods, executions per year, and more, see the Death Penalty Information Center's state page. return to top

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Legislation	Bill #	Details	Sponsor	Status
2007-2008	No moratorium legislation yet this session.
2005-2006	House: HB260	Study of Ohio death penalty. Bill text at Ohio Legislature.	Rep. Shirley Smith	died with end of session 12/26/06
2003-2004	House: HB172	Study of Ohio death penalty. Bill text at Ohio Legislature.	Rep. Shirley Smith	died with end of session
2001-2002	No moratorium legislation this session.
Contact State & Local Groups	www.otse.org Kevin Werner otse.org@gmail.com (614) 560-0654		OTSE meets bi-monthly and when an execution is pending. OTSE is always welcoming new members, who come from a variety of backgrounds, and participate in a variety of different ways. Priests, scholars, lawyers, private citizens -- from organizing vigils, lectures, training, making financial contributions, contributing to the newsletter or web site - there is much work to be done! OTSE members across the state are currently working on collecting local government endorsements of a moratorium on executions. Cincinnati was the the first major Ohio city to pass such a resolution in December 2001.
Action Alert!	Cincinnati was the the first major Ohio city to pass a moratorium resolution in December 2001. Dayton followed in March 2002. Can your city be next? Contact OTSE or EJUSA to make it happen!
More Info.	Which groups in Ohio have endorsed a moratorium on executions? Check out the Ohio portion of the National Tally! Articles from *Moratorium* *News!* and EJUSA updates: Execution struggle shakes Ohio - Spring 2004 State by State Partnership Report - Ohio - October 2003 Write letters to your local paper applauding the recent Dayton city commission moratorium resolution. For sample letters and contacts to Ohio papers, see our extended action alert.
Additional information and corrections are welcome! Send updates to: sarahc@quixote.org or call Sarah at 301-699-0042. To search for non-moratorium death penalty legislation, see the Justice Project's excellent legislative search engine. For additional statistics about the death penalty in your state, including the makeup of death row, execution methods, executions per year, and more, see the Death Penalty Information Center's state page.

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