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FL H6019
Bill
Status
Failed
4/30/2021
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Geller
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AI Summary
- Abolishes the death penalty in Florida by amending s. 775.082, F.S., to remove death as a punishment for capital felonies, making life imprisonment without parole the maximum sentence
- Repeals ss. 921.141 and 921.142, F.S., which established the procedures for determining whether to impose death or life imprisonment in capital felony and capital drug trafficking cases, along with s. 913.13 (jurors in capital cases) and s. 921.137 (prohibition on executing defendants with intellectual disabilities)
- Eliminates the capital collateral regional counsel system by repealing 16 statutes (ss. 27.7001–27.715, F.S.) governing postconviction representation for death-sentenced inmates and removes all references to that office from administrative, budgetary, and public records statutes
- Repeals all execution-related statutes (ss. 922.052–922.15, F.S.), including provisions on warrants of execution, stays of execution, proceedings for insanity or pregnancy of death-sentenced persons, lethal injection procedures, and death penalty appellate timelines
- Removes the public records exemption protecting the identity of executioners (s. 945.10, F.S.) and deletes provisions requiring preservation of DNA evidence for 60 days after execution of a death sentence (s. 925.11, F.S.)
Legislative Description
Death Penalty
Last Action
Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
4/30/2021
Committee Referrals
Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee1/22/2021
Full Bill Text
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