FL S0664 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on May 1 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-01 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requiring that an advisory sentence of death be made by a unanimous recommendation of the jury after a defendant's conviction or adjudication of guilt for a capital felony or capital drug trafficking felony; requiring the court to instruct the jury that, in order for the jury to recommend to the court that the death penalty be imposed, the jury must find that sufficient aggravating circumstances exist which outweigh the mitigating circumstances found to exist, etc.

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Title

Sentencing in Capital Felonies

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2015-05-01SenateDied in Judiciary
2015-04-10SenateOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/15/15, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Not Considered
2015-03-16SenateNow in Judiciary
2015-03-16SenateFavorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
2015-03-11SenateOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/16/15, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
2015-03-05SenateOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/10/15, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building --Not Considered
2015-03-03SenateIntroduced
2015-02-06SenateReferred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations
2015-02-03SenateFiled

Same As/Similar To

H0139 (Similar To) 2015-04-28 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
921141Amended CodeSee Bill Text
921142Amended CodeSee Bill Text

Florida State Sources


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