SB 776: Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies
GENERAL BILL by Ingoglia
Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies; Adding as an aggravating factor that the capital felony was committed against the head of a state, or in an attempt to commit such crime a capital felony was committed against another individual, etc.
| 2/17/2025 | Senate | • Filed |
| 2/28/2025 | Senate | • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy |
| 3/4/2025 | Senate | • Introduced |
| 3/13/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Criminal Justice, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 3/18/2025 | Senate | • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 (Garcia and Smith) |
| 3/19/2025 | Senate | • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| 4/10/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 4/15/2025 | Senate | • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 |
| 4/16/2025 | Senate | • Now in Fiscal Policy |
| 4/17/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
HB 653: Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies
GENERAL BILL by Holcomb
Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies; Adds as an aggravating factor that capital felony was committed against head of state, or in an attempt to commit such crime capital felony was committed against another individual.
| 2/17/2025 | House | • Filed |
| 2/26/2025 | House | • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 3/4/2025 | House | • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 3/10/2025 | House | • Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda |
| 3/12/2025 | House | • Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee (16-0)
• Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Now in Judiciary Committee |
| 3/24/2025 | House | • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda |
| 3/26/2025 | House | • Favorable by Judiciary Committee
• Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar |
| 4/17/2025 | House | • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025) |
SB 984: Aggravating Factors
GENERAL BILL by Gruters
Aggravating Factors; Providing an additional aggravating factor for capital felonies, etc.
| 2/21/2025 | Senate | • Filed |
| 2/28/2025 | Senate | • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy |
| 3/4/2025 | Senate | • Introduced |
| 3/13/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Criminal Justice, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 3/18/2025 | Senate | • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 |
| 3/19/2025 | Senate | • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| 4/7/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building |
| 4/10/2025 | Senate | • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 |
| 4/11/2025 | Senate | • Now in Fiscal Policy |
| 4/14/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
| 4/17/2025 | Senate | • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 3
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading |
HB 693: Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies
GENERAL BILL by Redondo
Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies; Provides additional aggravating factor for sentencing for capital felonies if victim was gathered with one or more persons for specified activities
| 2/18/2025 | House | • Filed |
| 2/26/2025 | House | • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 3/4/2025 | House | • Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 3/6/2025 | House | • Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee vote count |
| 3/7/2025 | House | • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• Now in Judiciary Committee |
| 3/11/2025 | House | • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda |
| 3/13/2025 | House | • Favorable by Judiciary Committee
• Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar |
| 3/27/2025 | House | • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/3/2025) |
| 4/3/2025 | House | • Read 2nd time
• Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • Passed; YEAS 96, NAYS 10 |
| 4/3/2025 | Senate | • In Messages |
| 4/7/2025 | Senate | • Referred to Fiscal Policy |
| 4/8/2025 | Senate | • Received |
HB 1283: Capital Sex Trafficking (original filing)
GENERAL BILL by Jacques
Capital Sex Trafficking; Provides for penalties for persons convicted of human trafficking of children & mentally defective persons for sex; provides for separate death penalty proceedings in such cases; provides for resentencing if provisions are found to be unconstitutional.
CS/HB 1283: Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation (committee substitute)
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Jacques ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby ; López, J. ; Plakon
Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation; Prohibits person 18 or older from knowingly engaging in human trafficking of vulnerable persons with specified knowledge or in reckless disregard of specified circumstances; requires state to give specified notice if it intends to seek death penalty; provides for death penalty proceedings; provides requirements for court order in support of life imprisonment or death sentence; provides for automatic review of sentences of death; specifies aggravating factors & mitigating circumstances; provides for victim impact evidence; provides for resentencing if provisions are found to be unconstitutional; authorizes state to appeal from sentence on specified grounds.
CS/CS/HB 1283: Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation
GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Jacques ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Baker ; Barnaby ; López, J. ; Plakon ; Yarkosky
Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation; Prohibits person 18 years of age or older from knowingly initiating, organizing, planning, financing, directing, managing, or supervising venture that has subjected child younger than 12, or person who is mentally defective or mentally incapacitated to human trafficking for sexual exploitation; requires state to give specified notice if it intends to seek death penalty; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death.
| 2/27/2025 | House | • Filed |
| 3/4/2025 | House | • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 3/5/2025 | House | • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 3/17/2025 | House | • PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda |
| 3/19/2025 | House | • Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee Vote count
• Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 3/20/2025 | House | • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) |
| 3/21/2025 | House | • Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee |
| 3/28/2025 | House | • Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda 4/1 4-7 pm |
| 4/1/2025 | House | • Favorable by Justice Budget Subcommittee
• Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee • Now in Judiciary Committee |
| 4/4/2025 | House | • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda |
| 4/8/2025 | House | • Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
• Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) |
| 4/9/2025 | House | • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar |
SB 1804: Capital Sex Trafficking
GENERAL BILL by Martin
Capital Sex Trafficking; Providing penalties for persons convicted of the capital felony of human trafficking by use of physical force upon certain persons for sex; providing requirements for separate sentencing proceedings in certain capital felony cases; providing requirements for imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment or a sentence of death; authorizing the state to appeal from a sentence on the ground that it resulted from the failure of the circuit court to comply with specified sentencing procedure requirements, etc.
| 2/28/2025 | Senate | • Filed |
| 3/7/2025 | Senate | • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy |
| 3/10/2025 | Senate | • Introduced |
| 3/27/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 4/1/2025 | Senate | • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 (Smith)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| 4/10/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 4/15/2025 | Senate | • CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 4 |
| 4/17/2025 | Senate | • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) – (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Fiscal Policy • On Committee agenda– Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
CS/SB 1604: Corrections
| S 1604 Filed | 2/27/2025 4:03 PM | Web Page | PDF |
| S 1604 c1 | 3/26/2025 5:05 PM | Web Page | PDF |
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Martin
Corrections; Revising provisions relating to deferral of prepayment of court costs and fees for indigent prisoners for actions involving challenges to prison disciplinary reports; requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies before certain actions concerning confinement of prisoners may be brought; providing that prison terms for certain offenses committed in conjunction with another felony offense may be sentenced to be served consecutively; revising provisions concerning methods of execution of death sentences, etc.
| 2/27/2025 | Senate | • Filed |
| 3/6/2025 | Senate | • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy |
| 3/10/2025 | Senate | • Introduced |
| 3/20/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 3/25/2025 | Senate | • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 |
| 3/26/2025 | Senate | • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) – (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| 3/27/2025 | Senate | • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time |
| 4/10/2025 | Senate | • On Committee agenda– Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 4/15/2025 | Senate | • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 |
| 4/17/2025 | Senate | • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) – (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Fiscal Policy • On Committee agenda– Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
CS/HB 903: Corrections
GENERAL BILL by Jacques
Corrections; Revises provisions relating to deferral of prepayment of court costs & fees for indigent prisoners for actions involving challenges to prison disciplinary reports; provides for one-year limitation of actions period for certain actions concerning condition of confinement of prisoners; requires exhaustion of administrative remedies before certain actions concerning confinement of prisoners may be brought; provides for dismissal of certain actions involving prisoner confinement; requires showing of physical injury as condition precedent for bringing certain actions relating to prisoner confinement; provides that prison terms for certain offenses committed in conjunction with another felony offense may be sentenced to be served consecutively; revises provisions concerning methods of execution of death sentences; exempts persons working for or at confinement center from provisions regulating use of drones; revises provisions relating to mental health treatment for inmates.
| 2/21/2025 | House | • Filed |
| 3/2/2025 | House | • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 3/4/2025 | House | • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 3/24/2025 | House | • Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda |
| 3/26/2025 | House | • Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 3/27/2025 | House | • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed |
| 3/28/2025 | House | • Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Judiciary Committee |
| 3/31/2025 | House | • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda |
| 4/2/2025 | House | • Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee vote count
• Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed |
| 4/3/2025 | House | • Bill referred to House Calendar
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) • Added to Second Reading Calendar |
| 4/10/2025 | House | • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025) |
| 4/16/2025 | House | • Read 2nd time
• Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 33 |
| 4/16/2025 | Senate | • In Messages
• Referred to Fiscal Policy |