The Florida Senate

SB 1866: Law Enforcement/Use of Force

GENERAL BILL by Webster

Law Enforcement/Use of Force; provides that term "deadly force" does not include discharge of firearm during & within scope of law enforcement officers' or correctional officers' official duties which is loaded with a less-lethal munition; defines term "less-lethal munition"; provides that said officers are not civilly or criminally liable for good-faith use of any less-lethal munition. Amends 776.06.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/2/1999	Senate	• Filed
  3/10/1999	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice -SJ 00204
  3/18/1999	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/23/99, 9:00 am, Room-37S
  3/23/1999	Senate	• Comm. Action:-Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Criminal Justice -SJ 00309; Placed on Calendar -SJ 00309
  4/8/1999	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00481
  4/13/1999	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00481, -SJ 00512
  4/15/1999	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00512, -SJ 00575
  4/16/1999	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00575
  4/21/1999	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00637
  4/22/1999	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00637, -SJ 00707; Read second time -SJ 00684; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00684; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00684
  4/26/1999	Senate	• Read third time -SJ 00826; Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 00826
  4/26/1999	House	• In Messages
  4/30/1999	House	• Received -HJ 02162; Read second and third times -HJ 02162; Passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 -HJ 02162
  4/30/1999	Senate	• Ordered enrolled -SJ 01926
  5/26/1999		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  6/8/1999		• Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-272

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• SB 1866, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:55 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 1451 (e1)	Law Enforcement Protection Act	Johnson	Similar	Last Action: 4/30/1999 S Died in Committee on Criminal Justice, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 1866 (Ch. 99-272) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  776.06	Deadly force.

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• SB 1866, Engrossed 1 Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:55 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Floor Votes (2)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  4/26/1999 1:26 PM	Senate	36 Yeas - 0 Nays
  4/30/1999 5:10 PM	House	111 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  776.06	Deadly force.

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• SB 1866, Original Filed Version Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:55 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 3/18/1999 (pdf)

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  680356 - Amendment	Criminal Justice	3/24/1999 1:18 AM		Web Page PDF

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  776.06	Deadly force.

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