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CS/SB 4: Relief of Dontrell Stephens by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office

CLAIM/LOCAL by Judiciary ; Flores

Relief of Dontrell Stephens by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office; Providing for the relief of Dontrell Stephens through Evett L. Simmons, as guardian of his property, by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate him for personal injuries and damages sustained as the result of the negligence of a deputy of the office; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation, fees, and costs, etc. CLAIM: $4,500,000

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  8/1/2019	Senate	• Filed
  8/16/2019	Senate	• Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 6
  1/14/2020	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 6
  2/4/2020	Senate	• Withdrawn from Special Master on Claim Bills -SJ 227 • Now in Judiciary
  2/6/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/11/20, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
  2/14/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/19/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
  2/19/2020	Senate	• CS by Judiciary; YEAS 4 NAYS 1 -SJ 346
  2/20/2020	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  2/21/2020	Senate	• Original reference(s) removed: Governmental Oversight and Accountability • Remaining references corrected to Rules -SJ 353 • Now in Rules
  2/26/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building • CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 347
  3/2/2020	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 1 -SJ 411
  3/3/2020	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/5/2020	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20 -SJ 550
  3/9/2020	Senate	• Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 550
  3/10/2020	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 585 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 6501 -SJ 585 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 6501 (Ch. 2020-201) -SJ 585

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• CS/SB 4, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/20/2020 at 11:59 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/28/2020 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/3/2020 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 6501 (er)	Relief/Dontrell Stephens/Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office	Fernandez-Barquin, Joseph	Similar	Last Action: 9/21/2020 Chapter No. 2020-201

  Floor Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  744610 - Amendment Delete lines 56 - 80 and insert:	Flores	3/6/2020 1:45 PM		Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  3/2/2020 12:00 PM	Rules	16 Yeas - 1 Nays

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• SB 4, Original Filed Version Posted 8/1/2019 at 5:07 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/10/2020 (pdf) Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/20/2020 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 6501 (c1)	Relief/Dontrell Stephens/Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office	Fernandez-Barquin, Joseph	Similar	Last Action: 9/21/2020 Chapter No. 2020-201

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  242200 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Judiciary (Flores)	2/19/2020 1:45 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/20/2020	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  2/19/2020 1:30 PM	Judiciary	4 Yeas - 1 Nays

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