Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Death Penalty"
+description: "Death Penalty; Requiring a determination of a specified number of jurors, rather than jury unanimity, for a sentencing recommendation of death to the court; requiring a determination of a specified number of jurors, rather than jury unanimity, for a sentencing recommendation of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole to the court; requiring the court to impose the recommended sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole if fewer than eight jurors recommend a sentence of death; requiring the court to include in its written order the reasons for not accepting the jury’s recommended sentence, if applicable, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 450"
+citation: "Florida SB 450 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2023-23"
+primary_sponsors: ["Criminal Justice", "Ingoglia", "Rules"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-30"
+last_action: "2023-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17fb73f-b070-411f-bd6e-86f6ec4130cf"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/450/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "756ee1b16fb9c07af4beb67ca18ef9ce51dfa3eaa0dbbe09d7c147372506d8ae"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida SB 450 (2023) — Death Penalty
+
+Death Penalty; Requiring a determination of a specified number of jurors, rather than jury unanimity, for a sentencing recommendation of death to the court; requiring a determination of a specified number of jurors, rather than jury unanimity, for a sentencing recommendation of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole to the court; requiring the court to impose the recommended sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole if fewer than eight jurors recommend a sentence of death; requiring the court to include in its written order the reasons for not accepting the jury’s recommended sentence, if applicable, etc.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-23.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S 450 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/450/BillText/Filed/HTML)
+2. **S 450 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/450/BillText/c1/HTML)
+3. **S 450 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/450/BillText/c2/HTML)
+4. **S 450 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/450/BillText/er/HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **15–4** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **80–30** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **29–10** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Criminal Justice — primary (person)
+- Ingoglia — primary (person)
+- Rules — primary (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-30** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-09** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-27** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/06/23, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
+- **2023-03-06** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
+- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-03-08** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2023-03-08** Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
+- **2023-03-08** Remaining references corrected to Rules
+- **2023-03-08** Now in Rules
+- **2023-03-08** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
+- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/22/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
+- **2023-03-22** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 4
+- **2023-03-23** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2023-03-23** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
+- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2023-03-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/29/23
+- **2023-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-29** Amendment(s) failed (349120)
+- **2023-03-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30** CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 10 `passage`
+- **2023-03-30** Immediately certified
+- **2023-03-31** In Messages
+- **2023-04-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
+- **2023-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
+- **2023-04-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-13** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 555
+- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-13** Amendment 270595 Failed
+- **2023-04-13** Amendment 645381 Failed
+- **2023-04-13** Amendment 375617 Failed
+- **2023-04-13** Amendment 225051 Failed
+- **2023-04-13** Amendment 853375 Failed
+- **2023-04-13** Amendment 161859 Failed
+- **2023-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13** CS passed; YEAS 80, NAYS 30 `passage`
+- **2023-04-13** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-20** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-20** Chapter No. 2023-23
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d17fb73f-b070-411f-bd6e-86f6ec4130cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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