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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)