The Florida Senate

SB 54: Relief of Barney Brown by the State of Florida

CLAIM/GENERAL by Jones

Relief of Barney Brown by the State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Barney Brown; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. Brown for being wrongfully incarcerated for 38 years; declaring that the Legislature does not waive certain defenses or increase the state’s limits of liability with respect to this act; providing that the appropriation satisfies all present and future claims related to the arrest, conviction, and incarceration of Mr. Brown, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,900,000

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  8/2/2021	Senate	• Filed
  9/21/2021	Senate	• Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 6
  1/11/2022	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 6
  3/12/2022	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3/14/2022	Senate	• Died in Special Master on Claim Bills

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• SB 54, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/2/2021 at 2:10 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 6503	Relief/Barney Brown/State of Florida	Geller	Identical	Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee

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