Florida House Bill 479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises definition of term "crime" to include victims of law enforcement officer's excessive use of force for purposes of Florida Crime Victims Compensation Act; provides eligibility for compensation for minor children of nondeceased victim for specified purposes; provides that specified eligibility requirements do not apply to victim of law enforcement officer's excessive use of force; provides claim may not be denied on certain grounds if claimant is victim of law enforcement officer's excessive use of force; specifies other evidence may be used to support such claim if no police report was filed concerning incident.

Compensation for Victims of Excessive Use of Force by Law Enforcement Officers

Rep. Ramon Alexander [D]

Rep. Kevin Chambliss [D]

Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]

Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	House	Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-03-02	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-02-08	House	Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-02-08	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2021-02-08	House	Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2021-02-08	House	Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-01-27	House	Filed

S1628 (Same As) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
960	03		Amended Code	See Bill Text
960	065		Amended Code	See Bill Text
960	13		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/479
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/479/BillText/Filed/PDF