Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation S0944
Legislation Overview
Title: Statewide Independent Counsel
Description: Creating the Statewide Independent Counsel Board in the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring the board to oversee the investigation and prosecution of officer-involved incidents of deadly force; providing board membership requirements; providing that the statewide independent counsel has the sole prosecutorial jurisdiction over officer-involved incidents within this state; requiring the independent counsel to prosecute specified cases upon written request of the Governor or a state attorney; requiring the chief law enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency to notify the board if a law enforcement officer or a correctional officer is involved in an officer-involved incident, etc.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: Died in Judiciary
Last Action Date: April 30, 2021
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Perry Thurston (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 30, 2021 | Died in Judiciary |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2021 | Introduced |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2021 | Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2021 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 29, 2021 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
