Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 984
       
       
        
       By Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       22-01386-25                                            2025984__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to aggravating factors; amending s.
    3         921.141, F.S.; providing an additional aggravating
    4         factor for capital felonies; providing an effective
    5         date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Paragraph (q) is added to subsection (6) of
   10  section 921.141, Florida Statutes, to read:
   11         921.141 Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital
   12  felonies; further proceedings to determine sentence.—
   13         (6) AGGRAVATING FACTORS.—Aggravating factors shall be
   14  limited to the following:
   15         (q) The victim of the capital felony was gathered with one
   16  or more persons for school activities, religious activities, or
   17  public government meetings.
   18         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.