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HB 759: Offenses Against Unborn Children

GENERAL BILL by Ahern ; Grant ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Baxley ; Eagle ; Fasano ; Renuart ; Rodrigues, R. ; Van Zant

Offenses Against Unborn Children; Creates "Florida Unborn Victims of Violence Act"; provides rule of construction that person who engages in conduct that violates Florida Criminal Code or criminal offense defined by another statute & causes death of, or bodily injury to unborn child commits separate offense if such offense is not specifically provided for; provides for penalties; specifies that certain types of knowledge or intent are not necessary for such offense; provides exceptions; revises definitions & terminology.

Effective Date: 10/1/2013
 Last Action: 5/3/2013 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Judiciary (JU)
  4. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/13/2013 House • Filed
    2/20/2013 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 79
    3/5/2013 House • Introduced -HJ 79
    3/25/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/27/13, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
    3/27/2013 House • Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 4 -HJ 358
    • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 358
    4/1/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/03/13, 8:30 am, 404 HOB
    4/3/2013 House • Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 4 -HJ 414
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 414
    4/15/2013 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/13
    4/17/2013 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 627
    • Amendment(s) failed (903515) -HJ 627
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/18/2013 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 669
    • Passed; YEAS 74 NAYS 43 -HJ 670
    4/23/2013 Senate • In Messages
    • Referred to Health Policy; Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 583
    4/24/2013 Senate • Received -SJ 583
    5/3/2013 Senate • Died in Health Policy

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  • HB 759, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/13/2013 at 9:21 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/27/2013 (pdf)
    Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 876 Offenses Against Unborn Children Stargel Identical Last Action: 5/3/2013 S Died in Judiciary
    Location: In committee/council (JU)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    408303 - Amendment
    Remove lines 42-47     		Schwartz 4/2/2013
    6:32 PM     		Failed to Adopt
    4/3/2013     		PDF

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    903515 - Amendment
    Remove lines 42-43 and insert:     		Rader 4/16/2013
    1:51 PM     		House: Failed
    4/17/2013     		PDF

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/17/2013 1:10 PM House - Amendment 903515 115 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/18/2013 11:52 AM House 74 Yeas - 43 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    316.193 Driving under the influence; penalties. Page 3 (pdf)
    435.04 Level 2 screening standards. Page 4 (pdf)
    775.021 Rules of construction. Page 2 (pdf)
    782.071 Vehicular homicide. Page 4 (pdf)
    782.09 Killing of unborn quick child by injury to mother. Page 5 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 7 (pdf)

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