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HB 6501: Relief/Robert Earl DuBoise/State of Florida

CLAIMS/GENERAL BILL by Learned ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Jenne ; Maney ; Valdés

Relief/Robert Earl DuBoise/State of Florida; Provides for relief of Robert Earl DuBoise; provides appropriation to compensate him for being wrongfully incarcerated for 37 years; directs Chief Financial Officer to draw warrant payable directly to Mr. DuBoise; specifies conditions for payment; provides that act does not waive certain defenses or increase state’s limits of liability; provides that certain benefits are vacated upon specified findings. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,850,000

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
8/2/2021 House • Filed
9/17/2021 House • Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
• Referred to Appropriations Committee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 House • Died in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee