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CS/HB 3175: Death Penalty Appeals Reform Act

GENERAL BILL by Crime & Punishment ; Crist ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ball ; Trovillion ; Futch ; Bainter ; Lynn ; Crow ; Thrasher ; Starks ; Livingston ; Putnam ; Wallace ; Melvin ; Casey ; Wise ; Posey ; Constantine ; King ; Littlefield ; Brooks ; Jones ; Albright ; Tamargo ; Carlton ; Edwards ; Turnbull ; Boyd ; Bronson ; Saunders ; Maygarden ; Valdes ; Fasano ; Smith ; Minton ; Morroni ; Fischer ; Bitner ; Arnall ; Safley ; Feeney ; Pruitt ; Culp ; Goode ; Peaden ; Spratt ; Kelly ; Byrd ; Burroughs ; Flanagan ; Stabins ; Sindler ; Cosgrove ; Prewitt ; Heyman ; Merchant ; Fuller ; Crady ; Dockery ; Argenziano ; Mackey ; Brown ; Hafner ; Stafford ; Bloom ; Wiles ; Sembler ; Mackenzie ; Jacobs ; Harrington ; Villalobos ; Westbrook ; Murman ; Diaz de la Portilla ; Sanderson

Death Penalty Appeals Reform Act; creates "Death Penalty Appeals Reform Act of 1998"; revises legislative intent re collateral representation to exclude postconviction proceedings in state court; makes regions of capital collateral regional counsel offices coincident with jurisdictional areas of certain federal court districts; revises time limitation for application for relief in federal court; prohibits certain postconviction proceedings in state courts, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: Contingent
Last Action: 5/1/1998 House - Died in Committee on Civil Justice & Claims (JC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 898 (Ch. 98-194)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/5/1997 House • Prefiled
12/17/1997 House • Referred to Crime & Punishment (JC); Civil Justice & Claims (JC); Criminal Justice Appropriations
1/30/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (JC), 02/17/98, 1:30 pm, 21-HOB --Workshop-Discussed
2/27/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (JC), 03/05/98, 3:15 pm, 21-HOB
3/3/1998 House • Introduced, referred to Crime & Punishment (JC); Civil Justice & Claims (JC); Criminal Justice Appropriations -HJ 00016; On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (JC), 02/17/98, 1:30 pm, 21-HOB --Workshop-Discussed; On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (JC), 03/05/98, 3:15 pm, 21-HOB
3/5/1998 House • Comm. Action: CS by Crime & Punishment (JC) -HJ 00245
3/17/1998 House • CS read first time on 03/17/98 -HJ 00242
3/16/1998 House • Now in Civil Justice & Claims (JC) -HJ 00245
3/19/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Claims (JC), 03/25/98, 10:00 am, 102-HOB --Workshop-Discussed
4/9/1998 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Claims (JC), 04/14/98, 1:32 pm, 102-HOB --Not considered
5/1/1998 House • Died in Committee on Civil Justice & Claims (JC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 898 (Ch. 98-194)