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| Bill | 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. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | SB 450 | Florida SB 450 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-23 |
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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.
- S 450 Filed (filed) — source
- S 450 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 450 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- S 450 er (enrolled) — source
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; origin ocd-bill/d17fb73f-b070-411f-bd6e-86f6ec4130cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).