Florida Senate - 2021                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1048
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Brandes moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 40 - 55
    4  and insert:
    5  Constitution during an active, ongoing, and good faith
    6  investigation of a claim of actual innocence in a case that
    7  previously resulted in the conviction of the accused person and
    8  until the claim is no longer capable of further investigation or
    9  for 2 years, whichever is shorter. If the state presents good
   10  cause demonstrating a need for additional time to complete the
   11  reinvestigation, the court may grant an extension. This
   12  paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in
   13  accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2,
   14  2026, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment
   15  by the Legislature.
   16         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
   17  necessity that conviction integrity unit reinvestigation
   18  information be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes,
   19  and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution during an
   20  active, ongoing, and good faith investigation of a claim of
   21  actual innocence in a case that previously resulted in the
   22  conviction of the accused person and until the claim is no
   23  longer capable of further investigation or for 2 years,
   24  whichever is shorter, unless the court grants an extension.
   25  Public release of
   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 7
   30  and insert:
   31         unit reinvestigation information; authorizing the
   32         state to request an extension of the exemption from
   33         the court for good cause to complete the
   34         reinvestigation; providing for the