Florida · Senate Bill 776 · 2025 Regular Session

Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies

  1. Introduced Feb 17, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 28, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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.

Every action

16 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 8 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
  5. CommitteeFavorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 · Senate Criminal Justice7–2 vote
  6. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  7. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  8. CommitteeFavorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice6–3 vote
  1. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  2. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
  3. CommitteeFavorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 3 · Senate Fiscal Policy15–3 vote
  4. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  5. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
  6. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 635
  7. SenateSubstituted HB 653 -SJ 636
  8. SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 653 (Ch. 2025-138) -SJ 636

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 18, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 Passed 7–2
Apr 15, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 Passed 6–3
Apr 22, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 3 Passed 15–3

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.