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CS/SB 350: Cold Case Murders

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Osgood ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Martin ; Powell ; Polsky ; Garcia ; Berman ; Thompson ; Yarborough ; Torres ; Book

Cold Case Murders; Citing this act as the “Decker-Backmann Act”; requiring the heads of law enforcement agencies or their designees to review certain cold cases upon receiving a written application from a designated person; providing requirements for such reviews; requiring law enforcement agencies to provide specified training; requiring law enforcement agencies, by a specified date and periodically thereafter, to report certain data to the Global Forensic and Justice Center at Florida International University, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/7/2023 Senate • Filed
11/15/2023 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
1/25/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/30/24, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
1/30/2024 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
1/31/2024 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/1/2024 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
• CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
3/8/2024 Senate • Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice