Florida Senate Bill 334 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requiring that an advisory sentence of death be made by a unanimous recommendation of the jury after a defendant's conviction or adjudication of guilt for a capital felony or capital drug-trafficking felony; requiring the court to instruct the jury that, in order for the jury to recommend to the court that the death penalty be imposed, the jury must find that sufficient aggravating circumstances exist which outweigh any mitigating circumstances found to exist; requiring that the court provide a special verdict form for each aggravating circumstance found, etc.

Sentencing in Capital Felonies

Rep. Thad Altman [R]

Sen. Anitere Flores [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-02	Senate	Died in Criminal Justice
2014-03-04	Senate	Introduced
2013-11-07	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules
2013-10-31	Senate	Filed

H0467 (Same As) 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
H0369 (Similar To) 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
921	141		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	142		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/334
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0334/BillText/Filed/HTML