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HB 5-A: Death Penalty

GENERAL BILL by Crist ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ball ; Trovillion ; Futch ; Merchant ; Crady ; Bilirakis ; Waters ; Detert ; Harrington ; Byrd ; Sublette ; Albright ; Maygarden ; Rojas ; Diaz de la Portilla ; Murman ; Peaden ; Argenio ; Andrews ; Valdes ; Sorensen ; Pruitt ; Sanderson ; Fiorentino ; Casey ; Putnam ; Fasano ; Ogles ; Alexander ; Kyle ; Constantine ; Dockery ; Feeney ; Garcia ; Russell ; Flanagan ; Farkas ; Starks ; Brummer ; Morroni ; Green ; Bense ; Hart ; Fuller ; Gay ; Littlefield ; Miller ; Johnson ; Argenziano ; Kilmer ; Cantens

Death Penalty; provides for death sentence to be executed by lethal injection; provides for person who is sentenced to death to elect death sentence executed by electrocution; provides procedure for making such election; provides for person whose warrant of execution is pending on specified date to elect sentence of death by electrocution; provides procedure for making such election. Amends 922.10,.105.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 1/7/2000 House - Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 4-A (Ch. 2000-1), SB 10-A (Ch. 2000-2)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/5/2000 House • Filed; Introduced, referred to Crime & Punishment (CRC) -HJ 00003; On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (CRC), 01/05/00, 2:30 pm, Morris Hall; Comm. Action:-Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Crime & Punishment (CRC); YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -HJ 00006; Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar
1/6/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar
1/7/2000 House • Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 4-A (Ch. 2000-1), SB 10-A (Ch. 2000-2)