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.
Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) Analysis
| 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 |
| 3/19/2025 | Senate | • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
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 |
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 |
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 |
| 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 FOR 3/26 |
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.
| 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
• 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 |
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 |
CS/SB 1604: Corrections (committee substitute)
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.
Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) Analysis
| 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 |
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 |
Updated 3/26/25