CS/HB 1-A: Death Penalty Reform Act of 2000
GENERAL BILL by Crime & Punishment ; Crist ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ball ; Trovillion ; Futch ; Merchant ; Crady ; Feeney ; Byrd ; Maygarden ; Cantens ; Kilmer ; Green ; Dockery ; Argenziano ; Detert ; Fiorentino ; Murman ; Waters ; Sembler ; Wise ; Lynn ; Bense ; Goodlette ; Miller ; Morroni ; Villalobos ; Fasano ; Harrington ; Melvin ; Bilirakis ; Kelly ; Putnam ; Ogles ; Alexander ; Constantine ; Kyle ; Sorensen ; Littlefield ; Johnson ; Fuller ; Peaden ; Hart ; Argenio ; Andrews ; Garcia ; Russell ; Flanagan ; Farkas ; Starks ; Pruitt ; Sanderson ; Albright ; Jones ; Gay ; Brummer ; Casey ; Rojas ; Diaz de la Portilla
Death Penalty Reform Act of 2000; creates said act; provides limitation on filing of postconviction & collateral actions; revises provisions re grounds for death warrant; provides limitation on actions; revises provisions re postconviction review in capital cases; provides for capital postconviction proceedings for which sentence of death is imposed on or after effective date of this act; provides for capital postconviction claims, etc. Amends Chs. 27, 922, 924, 119.19.
Last Action: 1/14/2000 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-3
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Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action | 
|---|---|---|
| 12/9/1999 | House | • Prefiled | 
| 12/30/1999 | House | • Referred to Crime & Punishment (CRC) | 
| 1/3/2000 | House | • On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (CRC), 01/05/00, 2:30 pm, Morris Hall | 
| 1/5/2000 | House | • Introduced, referred to Crime & Punishment (CRC) -HJ 00003; On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (CRC), 01/05/00, 2:30 pm, Morris Hall; Comm. Action:-CS by Crime & Punishment (CRC); YEAS  7  NAYS  0 -HJ 00006 • Pending review of CS under Rule 113; Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar | 
| 1/6/2000 | House | • CS read first time on 01/05/99 -HJ 00005 • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00007; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00008; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00008; Read third time -HJ 00012; CS passed as amended; YEAS 75 NAYS 36 -HJ 00013 | 
| 1/6/2000 | Senate | • In Messages | 
| 1/7/2000 | Senate | • Received, referred to Criminal Justice -SJ 00040; Immediately withdrawn from Criminal Justice -SJ 00040; Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00040; Read second time -SJ 00041; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00041; Read third time -SJ 00047; Passed as amended; YEAS  30  NAYS  7 -SJ 00047 | 
| 1/7/2000 | House | • In returning messages; Was taken up -HJ 00015; Concurred -HJ 00016, -HJ 00023; CS passed as amended; YEAS  80 NAYS  35 -HJ 00023; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 00024 | 
| 1/7/2000 | • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor -HJ 00024 | |
| 1/14/2000 | • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-3 |