Florida House Bill 157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7101 (Ch. 2016-13)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires that advisory sentence of death be made by unanimous recommendation of jury; requires court to instruct jury that in order for jury to recommend death penalty, jury must find that sufficient aggravating circumstances exist which outweigh mitigating circumstances & that each aggravating circumstance must be proven beyond reasonable doubt by unanimous vote; requires that court provide special verdict form specifying each aggravating circumstance found; limits court's findings concerning aggravating circumstances to those found by jury.

Sentencing in Capital Felonies

Sen. Jose Rodriguez [D]	Rep. Clovis Watson [D]	Sen. Lori Berman [D]	Rep. Fredrick Costello [R]
Sen. Debbie Mayfield [R]	Rep. Mark Pafford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7101 (Ch. 2016-13)
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2015-09-24	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2015-09-11	House	Filed

S0330 (Same As) 2016-03-11 - Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7101 (Ch. 2016-13)
H7101 (Similar To) 2016-03-07 - Chapter No. 2016-13
S7068 (Similar To) 2016-03-02 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7101 (Ch. 2016-13)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
921	141		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	142		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/157
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0157/BillText/Filed/PDF