Florida House Bill 7101 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: Passed on March 7 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-07 - Chapter No. 2016-13
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Requiring the prosecutor to give notice to the defendant and to file the notice with the court within a certain timeframe if the prosecutor intends to seek the death penalty; requiring juries to determine the existence of aggravating factors, if any, in the penalty phase of capital cases; requiring a certain determination by at least 10 jurors to support a recommendation of a sentence of death; deleting provisions relating to advisory sentencing by juries and findings by the court in support of sentences of death, etc.

Sentencing for Capital Felonies

House Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Rep. Carlos Trujillo [R]	Rep. Ross Spano [R]	Sen. Bryan Avila [R]
Sen. Debbie Mayfield [R]	Rep. Charles McBurney [R]	Sen. Kathleen Passidomo [R]

2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 (Y: 35 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-18 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#577 (Y: 93 N: 20 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-07		Chapter No. 2016-13
2016-03-07		Approved by Governor
2016-03-03		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2016-03-03	House	Ordered enrolled
2016-03-03	Senate	Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 5
2016-03-03	Senate	Read 3rd time
2016-03-02	Senate	Placed on 3rd reading
2016-03-02	Senate	Read 2nd time
2016-03-02	Senate	Substituted for CS/SB 7068
2016-03-02	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2016-03-02	Senate	Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations
2016-02-23	Senate	Received
2016-02-23	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations
2016-02-23	Senate	In Messages
2016-02-18	House	Passed as amended; YEAS 93 NAYS 20
2016-02-18	House	Read 3rd time
2016-02-17	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2016-02-17	House	Amendment(s) adopted (213683)
2016-02-17	House	Read 2nd time
2016-02-15	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/17/16
2016-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-10	House	Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 1
2016-02-08	House	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/10/16, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
2016-02-08	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2016-02-05	House	Introduced
2016-02-05	House	Filed

H0157 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7101 (Ch. 2016-13)
S0330 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7101 (Ch. 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
775	082		Amended Code	See Bill Text
782	04		Amended Code	See Bill Text
794	011		Amended Code	See Bill Text
893	135		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	141		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	142		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101/Amendment/396137/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101/Amendment/213683/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101/Amendment/976163/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101/Amendment/471067/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101/Vote/HouseVote_h7101e1577.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/7101/Vote/SenateVote_h7101e1009.PDF