Crimes Against Veterans
Summary
Crimes Against Veterans; Citing this act as the "Florida Veterans Protection Act"; providing an enhanced sentence for any person who commits aggravated white collar crimes against a certain number of veterans by obtaining or attempting to obtain a specified amount of money; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2020 · House Mar 10, 2020
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Mar 4, 2020
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Mar 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0
lower
Mar 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Calendar
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/29/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/14/20, 2:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Nov 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
upper
Nov 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs and Space, 11/13/19, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Oct 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Criminal Justice; Rules
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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