Florida House Bill 299 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires state attorney of each judicial circuit to establish conviction integrity review unit & an independent review panel within state attorney's office; specifies membership; authorizes an incarcerated person to submit petition requesting that unit review his or her conviction; specifies types of convictions that units are authorized to review; requires unit to initiate an investigation if certain conditions are met; requires unit to make final recommendation regarding petitioner's conviction to state attorney.

Conviction Integrity Review Units

Rep. Dianne Hart-Lowman [D]	Rep. John Cortes [D]	Rep. Kimberly Daniels [D]	Rep. Anika Omphroy [D]
Rep. Cindy Polo [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2020-03-14	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-01-14	House	Introduced
2019-10-16	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2019-10-07	House	Filed

S260 (Same As) 2020-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
27	272		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/299
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/299/BillText/Filed/PDF