SB 944 Florida Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Statewide Independent Counsel

Summary
Statewide Independent Counsel; Creating the Statewide Independent Counsel Board in the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring the board to oversee the investigation and prosecution of officer-involved incidents of deadly force; providing board membership requirements; providing that the statewide independent counsel has the sole prosecutorial jurisdiction over officer-involved incidents within this state; requiring the independent counsel to prosecute specified cases upon written request of the Governor or a state attorney; requiring the chief law enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency to notify the board if a law enforcement officer or a correctional officer is involved in an officer-involved incident, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 30, 2021
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Total actions
4
Key actions
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Committee
1
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of Perry E. Thurston, Jr.
Perry E. Thurston, Jr.
DDemocratic
FL
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