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SB 8: Relief of the Descendants of Victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots/State of Florida

CLAIM/GENERAL by Bracy

Relief of the Descendants of Victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots/State of Florida; Providing for the relief of the descendants of victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day riots; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct an investigation regarding the 1920 Ocoee Election Day riots; appropriating funds to compensate direct descendants of individuals who were killed, injured, or otherwise victimized by the violence at Ocoee; reverting unused appropriations to the General Revenue Fund, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $10,000,000

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Special Master on Claim Bills
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Special Master on Claim Bills (SM)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  4. Appropriations (AP)


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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; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 6
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 6
3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Special Master on Claim Bills