Relief/Descendants of Victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots/State of Florida
Summary
Relief/Descendants of Victims of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots/State of Florida; Provides relief for descendants of victims of Ocoee Election Day riots of 1920; requires FDLE to conduct an investigation regarding the riots; appropriates funds to compensate direct descendants of individuals who were killed, injured, or otherwise victimized by violence at Ocoee; specifies procedures, requirements, & limitation for application & compensation; provides limitation on attorney fees; reverts unused appropriations to General Revenue Fund. APPROPRIATION: $10,000,000
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Sep 25, 2019
Committee
Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kamia L. Brown
DDemocratic
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