Bill Text: FL S0848 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Suspension of Civil Rights

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Criminal Justice [S0848 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S0848-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 848
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       19-01381-17                                            2017848__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to suspension of civil rights;
    3         amending s. 944.292, F.S.; revising provisions related
    4         to the suspension of civil rights to apply to persons
    5         convicted of certain felonies; providing an effective
    6         date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 944.292, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         944.292 Suspension of civil rights.—
   13         (1) Upon conviction of a life or capital felony as or a
   14  forcible felony as defined in s. 776.08 defined in s. 10, Art. X
   15  of the State Constitution, the civil rights of the person
   16  convicted shall be suspended in Florida until such rights are
   17  restored by a full pardon, conditional pardon, or restoration of
   18  civil rights granted pursuant to s. 8, Art. IV of the State
   19  Constitution.
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.