HB 6061: Death Penalty
GENERAL BILL by Geller ; Joseph ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Benjamin
Death Penalty; Repeals provisions providing for death penalty for capital felonies and associated provisions.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 10/20/2021 | House |
• Filed |
| 11/5/2021 | House |
• Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee • Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety 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• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |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 Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee |
Related Bills
| Bill Number | Subject | Filed By | Relationship | Last Action and Location | Track Bills |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S 386 | Abolishing the Death Penalty | Farmer | Compare | Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Criminal Justice |
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| Citation | Catchline | Location in Bill Location In Bill Help |
|---|---|---|
| 23.21 | Definitions. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.51 | Duties of public defender. | Page 5 (pdf), Page 12 (pdf) |
| 27.511 | Offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; legislative intent; qualifications; appointment; duties. | Page 6 (pdf), Page 13 (pdf) |
| 27.52 | Determination of indigent status. | Page 9 (pdf) |
| 27.5303 | Public defenders; criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; conflict of interest. | Page 17 (pdf) |
| 27.5304 | Private court-appointed counsel; compensation; notice. | Page 10 (pdf) |
| 27.7001 | Legislative intent and findings. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.7002 | Limitation on collateral representation; lawyer disqualification; use of state funds for excess fees not authorized. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.701 | Capital collateral regional counsel. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.702 | Duties of the capital collateral regional counsel; reports. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.703 | Conflict of interest and substitute counsel. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.704 | Appointment of assistants and other staff. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.7045 | Capital case proceedings; constitutionally deficient representation. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.705 | Salaries of capital collateral regional counsel and assistant capital collateral counsel. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.706 | Private practice of law prohibited. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.707 | Investigators; service of process. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.708 | Access to prisoners; compliance with the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure; records requests. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.7081 | Capital postconviction public records production. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.7091 | Legislative recommendations to Supreme Court; postconviction proceedings; pro bono service credit. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.710 | Registry of attorneys applying to represent persons in postconviction capital collateral proceedings; certification of minimum requirements; appointment by trial court. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.711 | Terms and conditions of appointment of attorneys as counsel in postconviction capital collateral proceedings. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 27.715 | Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund. | Page 11 (pdf) |
| 43.16 | Justice Administrative Commission; membership, powers and duties. | Page 14 (pdf) |
| 112.0455 | Drug-Free Workplace Act. | Page 15 (pdf) |
| 119.071 | General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. | Page 15 (pdf) |
| 186.003 | Definitions; ss. 186.001-186.031, 186.801-186.901. | Page 17 (pdf) |
| 215.89 | Charts of account. | Page 18 (pdf) |
| 215.985 | Transparency in government spending. | Page 18 (pdf) |
| 216.011 | Definitions. | Page 19 (pdf) |
| 282.201 | State data center. | Page 20 (pdf) |
| 316.3026 | Unlawful operation of motor carriers. | Page 67 (pdf) |
| 373.409 | Headgates, valves, and measuring devices. | Page 68 (pdf) |
| 373.430 | Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent. | Page 68 (pdf) |
| 376.302 | Prohibited acts; penalties. | Page 69 (pdf) |
| 393.063 | Definitions. | Page 21 (pdf) |
| 394.912 | Definitions. | Page 32 (pdf) |
| 403.161 | Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent. | Page 69 (pdf) |
| 448.09 | Unauthorized aliens; employment prohibited. | Page 70 (pdf) |
| 504.013 | Penalties. | Page 71 (pdf) |
| 648.571 | Failure to return collateral; penalty. | Page 71 (pdf) |
| 775.021 | Rules of construction. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 775.082 | Penalties; applicability of sentencing structures; mandatory minimum sentences for certain reoffenders previously released from prison. | Page 4 (pdf) |
| 775.0823 | Violent offenses committed against law enforcement officers, correctional officers, state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, justices, or judges. | Page 22 (pdf) |
| 775.087 | Possession or use of weapon; aggravated battery; felony reclassification; minimum sentence. | Page 23 (pdf) |
| 775.15 | Time limitations; general time limitations; exceptions. | Page 27 (pdf) |
| 775.261 | The Florida Career Offender Registration Act. | Page 72 (pdf) |
| 775.30 | Terrorism; defined; penalties. | Page 32 (pdf) |
| 782.04 | Murder. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 782.065 | Murder; law enforcement officer, correctional officer, correctional probation officer. | Page 32 (pdf) |
| 787.06 | Human trafficking. | Page 72 (pdf) |
| 790.161 | Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony; penalties. | Page 28 (pdf) |
| 790.25 | Lawful ownership, possession, and use of firearms and other weapons. | Page 24 (pdf) |
| 794.011 | Sexual battery. | Page 33 (pdf) |
| 794.0115 | Dangerous sexual felony offender; mandatory sentencing. | Page 73 (pdf) |
| 800.04 | Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years of age. | Page 74 (pdf) |
| 893.135 | Trafficking; mandatory sentences; suspension or reduction of sentences; conspiracy to engage in trafficking. | Page 33 (pdf) |
| 907.041 | Pretrial detention and release. | Page 74 (pdf) |
| 913.13 | Jurors in capital cases. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 921.137 | Imposition of the death sentence upon an intellectually disabled defendant prohibited. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 921.1401 | Sentence of life imprisonment for persons who are under the age of 18 years at the time of the offense; sentencing proceedings. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 921.1402 | Review of sentences for persons convicted of specified offenses committed while under the age of 18 years. | Page 77 (pdf) |
| 921.141 | Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital felonies; further proceedings to determine sentence. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 921.142 | Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital drug trafficking felonies; further proceedings to determine sentence. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 922.052 | Issuance of warrant of execution. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.06 | Stay of execution of death sentence. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.07 | Proceedings when person under sentence of death appears to be insane. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.08 | Proceedings when person under sentence of death appears to be pregnant. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.095 | Pursuit of collateral remedies. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.10 | Execution of death sentence; executioner. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.105 | Execution of death sentence; prohibition against reduction of death sentence as a result of determination that a method of execution is unconstitutional. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.108 | Sentencing orders in capital cases. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.11 | Regulation of execution. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.111 | Transfer to state prison for safekeeping before death warrant issued. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.12 | Return of warrant of execution issued by Governor. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.14 | Sentence of death unexecuted for unjustifiable reasons. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 922.15 | Return of warrant of execution issued by Supreme Court. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 924.055 | Postconviction review in capital cases; legislative findings and intent. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 924.056 | Capital postconviction proceedings; reporting requirements. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 924.057 | Capital postconviction proceedings; legislative intent. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 925.11 | Postsentencing DNA testing. | Page 57 (pdf) |
| 940.031 | Clemency counsel when sentence of death imposed. | Page 27 (pdf) |
| 944.17 | Commitments and classification; transfers. | Page 78 (pdf) |
| 944.275 | Gain-time. | Page 55 (pdf) |
| 944.608 | Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on career offenders. | Page 78 (pdf) |
| 944.609 | Career offenders; notification upon release. | Page 79 (pdf) |
| 944.705 | Release orientation program. | Page 79 (pdf) |
| 944.801 | Education for state prisoners. | Page 25 (pdf) |
| 945.10 | Confidential information. | Page 58 (pdf) |
| 947.149 | Conditional medical release. | Page 25 (pdf) |
| 948.012 | Split sentence of probation or community control and imprisonment. | Page 56 (pdf) |
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