FL S0826 | 2010 | Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill 826 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Creates the "Rosa Parks Act." Encourages the Board of Executive Clemency to grant a full pardon to a person convicted of protesting or challenging a state law or local government ordinance the purpose of which was to maintain racial segregation of or racial discrimination against individuals. Requires the Parole Commission to notify the state attorney of the circuit where the violation occurred, etc.

Title

Pardons/Restoration of Rights/Rosa Parks Act [SPSC]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-30		Died in Committee on Criminal Justice
2010-03-02		Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00058
2009-12-17		Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
2009-11-30		Filed

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
0940	035		Amended Code	See Bill Text
0940	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Florida State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&SubMenu=1&Tab=session&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=0826&Chamber=Senate&Year=2010
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0826.html&Directory=session/2010/Senate/bills/billtext/html/