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SB 28 Florida Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Relief of Clifford Williams by the State of Florida

Summary
Relief of Clifford Williams by the State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Clifford Williams; providing an appropriation to compensate him for being wrongfully incarcerated for 43 years; directing the Chief Financial Officer to draw a warrant payable to an irrevocable trust for the benefit of Clifford Williams; providing that the act does not waive certain defenses or increase the state’s limits of liability; providing that certain benefits are vacated upon specified findings, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $2,150,000
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020 Signed Jun 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2020 · House Mar 10, 2020

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Mar 3, 2020
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Jun 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0
lower
Mar 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Calendar
lower
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (819976)
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/20/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/20, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Aug 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.