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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

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  • 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    3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

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  • HB 6061, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/20/2021 at 3:50 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    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

    Citations - Statutes (90)

    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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