Bill Text: FL H0259 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Capital Felonies
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/SB 704; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 704 (Ch. 2010-120) -HJ 01166 [H0259 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-H0259-Comm_Sub.html
| CS/HB 259 |
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| 2 | An act relating to capital felonies; amending s. 921.141, |
| 3 | F.S.; providing that it shall be an aggravating |
| 4 | circumstance for the purpose of determining sentence if a |
| 5 | capital felony was committed by a person subject to an |
| 6 | injunction or protection order against the petitioner who |
| 7 | obtained that injunction or order or any of certain |
| 8 | related persons; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Paragraph (p) is added to subsection (5) of |
| 13 | section 921.141, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 14 | 921.141 Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital |
| 15 | felonies; further proceedings to determine sentence.- |
| 16 | (5) AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES.-Aggravating circumstances |
| 17 | shall be limited to the following: |
| 18 | (p) The capital felony was committed by a person subject |
| 19 | to an injunction issued pursuant to s. 741.30 or s. 784.046 or a |
| 20 | foreign protection order accorded full faith and credit pursuant |
| 21 | to s. 741.315 and was committed against the petitioner who |
| 22 | obtained the injunction or protection order or any spouse, |
| 23 | child, sibling, or parent of the petitioner. |
| 24 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010. |
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