SB 938: Death Penalty
GENERAL BILL by Farmer
Death Penalty; Deleting provisions providing for the death penalty for capital felonies; repealing provisions relating to capital collateral representation and constitutionally deficient representation, respectively; deleting a public records exemption relating to capital collateral proceedings; deleting provisions relating to the effect of a declaration by a court of last resort that the death penalty in a capital felony is unconstitutional, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
- Appropriations (AP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/14/2019 Senate • Filed
12/13/2019 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 71
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 71
3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Criminal Justice
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SB 938, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/14/2019 at 3:48 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 6045 Death Penalty Geller, Joseph Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee 
Citations - Statutes (81)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 23.21 Definitions. Page 8 (pdf) 27.51 Duties of public defender. Page 4 (pdf), Page 8 (pdf) 27.511 Offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; legislative intent; qualifications; appointment; duties. Page 5 (pdf), Page 9 (pdf) 27.5304 Private court-appointed counsel; compensation; notice. Page 7 (pdf) 27.7001 Legislative intent and findings. Page 7 (pdf) 27.7002 Limitation on collateral representation; lawyer disqualification; use of state funds for excess fees not authorized. Page 7 (pdf) 27.701 Capital collateral regional counsel. Page 7 (pdf) 27.702 Duties of the capital collateral regional counsel; reports. Page 7 (pdf) 27.703 Conflict of interest and substitute counsel. Page 7 (pdf) 27.704 Appointment of assistants and other staff. Page 7 (pdf) 27.7045 Capital case proceedings; constitutionally deficient representation. Page 7 (pdf) 27.705 Salaries of capital collateral regional counsel and assistant capital collateral counsel. Page 7 (pdf) 27.706 Private practice of law prohibited. Page 7 (pdf) 27.707 Investigators; service of process. Page 7 (pdf) 27.708 Access to prisoners; compliance with the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure; records requests. Page 7 (pdf) 27.7081 Capital postconviction public records production. Page 8 (pdf) 27.7091 Legislative recommendations to Supreme Court; postconviction proceedings; pro bono service credit. Page 8 (pdf) 27.710 Registry of attorneys applying to represent persons in postconviction capital collateral proceedings; certification of minimum requirements; appointment by trial court. Page 8 (pdf) 27.711 Terms and conditions of appointment of attorneys as counsel in postconviction capital collateral proceedings. Page 8 (pdf) 27.715 Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund. Page 8 (pdf) 43.16 Justice Administrative Commission; membership, powers and duties. Page 10 (pdf) 112.0455 Drug-Free Workplace Act. Page 11 (pdf) 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 11 (pdf) 186.003 Definitions; ss. 186.001-186.031, 186.801-186.901. Page 12 (pdf) 215.89 Charts of account. Page 13 (pdf) 215.985 Transparency in government spending. Page 13 (pdf) 216.011 Definitions. Page 14 (pdf) 316.3026 Unlawful operation of motor carriers. Page 50 (pdf) 373.409 Headgates, valves, and measuring devices. Page 51 (pdf) 373.430 Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent. Page 51 (pdf) 376.302 Prohibited acts; penalties. Page 52 (pdf) 394.912 Definitions. Page 19 (pdf) 403.161 Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent. Page 52 (pdf) 448.09 Unauthorized aliens; employment prohibited. Page 53 (pdf) 504.013 Penalties. Page 53 (pdf) 648.571 Failure to return collateral; penalty. Page 53 (pdf) 775.021 Rules of construction. Page 16 (pdf) 775.082 Penalties; applicability of sentencing structures; mandatory minimum sentences for certain reoffenders previously released from prison. Page 3 (pdf) 775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations; exceptions. Page 15 (pdf) 775.261 The Florida Career Offender Registration Act. Page 54 (pdf) 775.30 Terrorism; defined; penalties. Page 19 (pdf) 782.04 Murder. Page 17 (pdf) 782.065 Murder; law enforcement officer, correctional officer, correctional probation officer. Page 21 (pdf) 787.06 Human trafficking. Page 54 (pdf) 790.161 Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony; penalties. Page 16 (pdf) 790.25 Lawful ownership, possession, and use of firearms and other weapons. Page 14 (pdf) 794.011 Sexual battery. Page 21 (pdf) 794.0115 Dangerous sexual felony offender; mandatory sentencing. Page 55 (pdf) 800.04 Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years of age. Page 55 (pdf) 893.135 Trafficking; mandatory sentences; suspension or reduction of sentences; conspiracy to engage in trafficking. Page 22 (pdf) 907.041 Pretrial detention and release. Page 56 (pdf) 913.13 Jurors in capital cases. Page 16 (pdf) 921.137 Imposition of the death sentence upon an intellectually disabled defendant prohibited. Page 16 (pdf) 921.1401 Sentence of life imprisonment for persons who are under the age of 18 years at the time of the offense; sentencing proceedings. Page 58 (pdf) 921.1402 Review of sentences for persons convicted of specified offenses committed while under the age of 18 years. Page 59 (pdf) 921.141 Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital felonies; further proceedings to determine sentence. Page 16 (pdf) 921.142 Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital drug trafficking felonies; further proceedings to determine sentence. Page 16 (pdf) 922.052 Issuance of warrant of execution. Page 42 (pdf) 922.06 Stay of execution of death sentence. Page 42 (pdf) 922.07 Proceedings when person under sentence of death appears to be insane. Page 42 (pdf) 922.08 Proceedings when person under sentence of death appears to be pregnant. Page 42 (pdf) 922.095 Pursuit of collateral remedies. Page 42 (pdf) 922.10 Execution of death sentence; executioner. Page 42 (pdf) 922.105 Execution of death sentence; prohibition against reduction of death sentence as a result of determination that a method of execution is unconstitutional. Page 42 (pdf) 922.108 Sentencing orders in capital cases. Page 42 (pdf) 922.11 Regulation of execution. Page 42 (pdf) 922.111 Transfer to state prison for safekeeping before death warrant issued. Page 42 (pdf) 922.12 Return of warrant of execution issued by Governor. Page 42 (pdf) 922.14 Sentence of death unexecuted for unjustifiable reasons. Page 42 (pdf) 922.15 Return of warrant of execution issued by Supreme Court. Page 42 (pdf) 924.055 Postconviction review in capital cases; legislative findings and intent. Page 42 (pdf) 924.056 Capital postconviction proceedings; reporting requirements. Page 42 (pdf) 924.057 Capital postconviction proceedings; legislative intent. Page 42 (pdf) 925.11 Postsentencing DNA testing. Page 42 (pdf) 944.17 Commitments and classification; transfers. Page 59 (pdf) 944.275 Gain-time. Page 10 (pdf) 944.608 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on career offenders. Page 60 (pdf) 944.609 Career offenders; notification upon release. Page 60 (pdf) 944.705 Release orientation program. Page 60 (pdf) 945.10 Confidential information. Page 42 (pdf) 948.012 Split sentence of probation or community control and imprisonment. Page 41 (pdf)