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CS/CS/HB 159: Prosecution of Juveniles

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Appropriations ; Crime & Punishment ; Kyle ; Crist ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bense ; Feeney ; Fasano ; Byrd ; Argenio ; Johnson

Prosecution of Juveniles; requires that state attorney prosecute juvenile between certain ages as adult if juvenile is charged with specified violent felony & possessed firearm or destructive device during commission of felony or discharged firearm or destructive device during commission of felony which resulted in death or great bodily harm; specifies circumstances in which provisions of this act do not apply, etc. Amends 985.227.

Effective Date: 10/01/2000
Last Action: 5/5/2000 House - Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 1548 (Ch. 2000-136)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/15/1999 House • Prefiled
9/23/1999 House • Referred to Crime & Punishment (CRC); Corrections (CRC); Juvenile Justice (CRC); Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC)
3/7/2000 House • Introduced, referred to Crime & Punishment (CRC); Corrections (CRC); Juvenile Justice (CRC); Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00018
3/20/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (CRC), 03/22/00, 1:00 pm, 214-C
3/22/2000 House • Comm. Action: CS by Crime & Punishment (CRC); YEAS 4 NAYS 3 -HJ 00417
3/31/2000 House • CS read first time on 03/31/00 -HJ 00412
• Withdrawn from Corrections (CRC) -HJ 00370; Now in Juvenile Justice (CRC); On Committee agenda-- Juvenile Justice (CRC), 04/04/00, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall --Discussed
3/30/2000 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 113 -HJ 00417; Now in Corrections (CRC) -HJ 00417
4/7/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Juvenile Justice (CRC), 04/11/00, 10:15 am, Morris Hall
4/11/2000 House • Comm. Action: Favorable with 7 amendment(s) by Juvenile Justice (CRC); YEAS 11 NAYS 3 -HJ 00551
4/13/2000 House • Now in Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00551
4/14/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC), 04/18/00, 1:30 pm, 12-H
4/18/2000 House • Comm. Action:-CS/CS by Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC); YEAS 6 NAYS 3 -HJ 00771
4/25/2000 House • CS read first time on 04/25/00 -HJ 00768; Pending review of CS under Rule 113 -HJ 00771; Placed on Calendar -HJ 00771
4/28/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Retained on Calendar
5/5/2000 House • Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 1548 (Ch. 2000-136)