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.
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)
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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) |