Florida Senate - 2019 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 642 Ì597708MÎ597708 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: NC/2R . 05/01/2019 04:34 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Rodriguez moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 803 and 804 4 insert: 5 Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 40.013, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended to read: 7 40.013 Persons disqualified or excused from jury service.— 8 (1) No person who is under prosecution for any crime, or 9 who has been convicted in this state, any federal court, or any 10 other state, territory, or country of bribery, forgery, perjury, 11 larceny, or any other offense that is a felony in this state or 12 which if it had been committed in this state would be a felony, 13 unless restored to civil rights, shall be qualified to serve as 14 a juror. However, the disqualification provided under this 15 subsection no longer applies upon the restoration of voting 16 rights pursuant to s. 4., Art. VI of the State Constitution and 17 s. 98.0751 for a person who has completed all terms of sentence 18 for a felony conviction for an offense other than murder or a 19 felony sexual offense. 20 Section 6. If any provision of this act or an act passed by 21 the Legislature relating to the implementation of s. 4, Article 22 VI of the State Constitution is held to be invalid, the 23 invalidity does not affect the provisions of this act which can 24 be given effect without the invalid provision or application, 25 and to this end this act is severable. 26 27 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 28 And the title is amended as follows: 29 Delete line 31 30 and insert: 31 exception; amending s. 40.013, F.S.; providing that 32 disqualification from jury service does not apply to 33 persons convicted of certain felonies who have had 34 their voting rights restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI 35 of the State Constitution; providing for severability; 36 amending s. 212.15, F.S.; increasing