Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7086
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/10/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 425 and 426
    4  insert:
    5         Section 11. 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. IV 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 12. Section 111.076, Florida Statutes, is created
   21  to read:
   22         111.076 Right to elective office.—A person who has
   23  completed all terms of sentence for a felony conviction for an
   24  offense other than murder or a felony sexual offense who has his
   25  or her voting rights restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. IV of the
   26  State Constitution and s. 98.0751 is entitled to qualify for and
   27  hold elective office in this state.
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   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete line 45
   32  and insert:
   33         outstanding terms of sentence upon release; amending
   34         s. 40.013, F.S.; providing that disqualification from
   35         jury service does not apply to persons convicted of
   36         certain felonies who have had their voting rights
   37         restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State
   38         Constitution; creating s. 111.076, F.S.; specifying
   39         that a person who has had voting rights restored
   40         pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State Constitution is
   41         entitled to qualify for and hold elective office;
   42         creating