Florida House Bill 837

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires law enforcement agencies to review certain cold cases upon receiving written application from designated person & make specified determination; provides requirements for such reviews; requires law enforcement agencies to conduct full reinvestigation of cold case; provides requirements for such reinvestigations; requires certain procedures to ensure compliance; requires law enforcement agencies to provide specified training; requires law enforcement agencies to provide written confirmation of receipt of application; requires written explanation of reason or reasons for denial; provides timeframe & notice requirements; requires law enforcement agencie to report certain data to Global Forensic & Justice Center at FIU; requires coordination between law enforcement agencies if more than one law enforcement agency conducted initial investigation;; authorizes medical examiner to issue death certificates with nonspecific causes of death & manner of murder.

Cold Case Murders

Rep. Christopher Benjamin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2024-01-09	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-12-27	House	Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-12-27	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2023-12-27	House	Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-12-27	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-12-12	House	Filed

S350 (Same As) 2024-03-08 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
782	41		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/837
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/837/BillText/Filed/PDF