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FL H6013

Bill

Status

Failed

5/3/2019

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Geller

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Abolishes the death penalty in Florida by removing all statutory provisions authorizing capital punishment for capital felonies, replacing death sentences with mandatory life imprisonment without parole

  • Repeals sections 921.141 and 921.142, which established procedures for determining whether to impose death sentences in capital felony and capital drug trafficking cases

  • Eliminates the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel offices that provided post-conviction representation for death row inmates, along with related statutes governing death warrant execution procedures

  • Removes public records exemptions related to capital cases, including protections for executioner identities and DNA evidence preservation requirements specific to death penalty cases

  • Retains capital felony classification for first-degree murder and certain drug trafficking offenses resulting in death, but changes maximum penalty from death to life imprisonment without parole

Legislative Description

Death Penalty

Last Action

Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

5/3/2019

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice Subcommittee1/23/2019

Full Bill Text

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