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CS/HB 707: Unborn Quick Child/Homicide

GENERAL BILL by Planas ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Altman ; Baxley ; Bullard ; Cantens ; Hogan ; Llorente ; Murzin ; Needelman ; Rivera ; Sansom

Unborn Quick Child/Homicide; includes death of unborn quick child under DUI manslaughter; makes killing of said child rather than killing of viable fetus "vehicular homicide"; provides that killing said child by injury to mother which would be murder in any degree if it resulted in death of mother is murder in same degree; provides that death of mother does not bar prosecution under specified circumstances, etc. Amends 316.193, 782.071,.09, 921.0022.

Effective Date: 10/01/2003
Last Action: 5/2/2003 Senate - Died in Committee on Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/25/2003 House • Prefiled
3/4/2003 House • Introduced -HJ 00068
3/7/2003 House • Referred to Criminal Justice (PS); Public Safety & Crime Prevention -HJ 00162
3/18/2003 House • On Subcommittee agenda-- Criminal Justice (PS), 03/20/03, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall --Temporarily deferred
3/25/2003 House • On Subcommittee agenda-- Criminal Justice (PS), 03/27/03, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall
3/27/2003 House • Recommendation: Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Criminal Justice (PS); YEAS 5 NAYS 3; Now in Public Safety & Crime Prevention
3/31/2003 House • On Committee agenda-- Public Safety & Crime Prevention, 04/02/03, 4:30 pm, Morris Hall --Not considered
4/8/2003 House • On Committee agenda-- Public Safety & Crime Prevention, 04/10/03, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
4/10/2003 House • Favorable with CS amendment by- Public Safety & Crime Prevention; YEAS 10 NAYS 6 -HJ 00386
4/14/2003 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 6.3(b)
4/18/2003 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 00386
4/25/2003 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00618; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00619; Ordered engrossed -HJ 00622
4/29/2003 House • Read third time -HJ 00794; Passed as amended; YEAS 70 NAYS 44 -HJ 00794
4/29/2003 Senate • In Messages
5/1/2003 Senate • Received, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 01055
5/2/2003 Senate • Died in Committee on Criminal Justice