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FL H6045

Bill

Status

Failed

3/14/2020

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Geller

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Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Abolishes the death penalty in Florida by removing it as a sentencing option for capital felonies, replacing it with life imprisonment without parole

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

  • Eliminates the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel offices and related statutory provisions governing representation of death row inmates in post-conviction proceedings

  • Removes public records exemptions related to capital collateral proceedings and the identity of executioners

  • Repeals all execution-related statutes including warrant issuance, stays of execution, procedures for insane or pregnant death row inmates, and execution methods

Legislative Description

Death Penalty

Last Action

Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

3/14/2020

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice Subcommittee11/15/2019

Full Bill Text

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