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CS/HB 381: Criminal Defense of Insanity

GENERAL BILL by Crime & Punishment ; Miller ; Bilirakis ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Putnam ; Kyle ; Hart ; Kilmer ; Harrington ; Crist

Criminal Defense of Insanity; provides requirements for establishment of insanity defense; defines "mental infirmity, disease, or defect"; specifies conditions that do not constitute legal insanity; provides that defendant has burden of proving insanity defense by clear & convincing evidence. Creates 775.027.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 4/30/1999 Senate - Died in Committee on Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/26/1999 House • Prefiled
2/3/1999 House • Referred to Crime & Punishment (CRC); Judiciary (CJC); Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC)
2/23/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (CRC), 03/03/99, 1:00 pm, 214C
3/2/1999 House • Introduced, referred to Crime & Punishment (CRC); Judiciary (CJC); Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00044; On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (CRC), 03/03/99, 1:00 pm, 214C --Temporarily deferred
3/4/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (CRC), 03/09/99, 1:00 pm, 214C
3/9/1999 House • Comm. Action: Unanimously CS by Crime & Punishment (CRC) -HJ 00317
3/16/1999 House • CS read first time on 03/16/99 -HJ 00313
• Now in Judiciary (CJC) -HJ 00317
3/15/1999 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 113
3/26/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary (CJC), 03/30/99, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall
3/30/1999 House • Comm. Action: Favorable by Judiciary (CJC) -HJ 00512
4/1/1999 House • Now in Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00512
4/13/1999 House • Withdrawn from Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00556; Placed on Calendar
4/23/1999 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 01019; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01019
4/26/1999 House • Read third time -HJ 01119; CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 01119
4/26/1999 Senate • In Messages
4/28/1999 Senate • Received, referred to Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy -SJ 01405
4/30/1999 Senate • Died in Committee on Criminal Justice