The Florida Senate

SB 1236: Excessive Punishments

JOINT RESOLUTION by Burt ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Dudley

Excessive Punishments; constitutional amendment to require that for punishment to be prohibited it must be both cruel & unusual rather than either cruel or unusual & to provide that such prohibition is to be construed in conformity with same prohibition found in U.S. Constitution & that method of executing death penalty is not penalty or punishment. Amends s. 17, Art. I.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/17/1998	Senate	• Prefiled
  2/18/1998	Senate	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Rules and Calendar
  3/3/1998	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00077
  4/16/1998	Senate	• Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00490; Withdrawn from further cons.,Iden/Sim/Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HJR 3505 (Filed with Secretary of State) -SJ 00490

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• SB 1236, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/25/1998 at 8:37 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 3505 (e1)		Feeney	Compare	Last Action: 5/5/1998 Signed by Officers and filed with Secretary of State Location:
  S 964 (c1)	Death Penalty/Execution Method	Lee	Compare	Last Action: 3/9/1998 S House Bill substituted -SJ 00131; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HJR 3505 (Filed with Secretary of State) Location:

  Citations - Constitution (1)

  Article	Section	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  I	Section 17

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