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Legislature briefs

Posted April 7 2006
 
 
 
Tallahassee
House votes to end teen boot camps

House lawmakers remembered Martin Lee Anderson, the 14-year-old boy who died after spending time at a juvenile boot camp, when they passed a bill to eliminate funding for the state programs.

Security video tape taken at the Bay County boot camp on Jan. 5 shows Anderson struggling with guards. He died the next day in a Pensacola hospital.

As federal and state investigations continue into Anderson's death, legislators voted to end funding for the state's military-style boot camps, which have employed violence to discipline and train campers.

Instead, the money will support residential programs that focus on education and after-care, said bill sponsor Rep. Gus Barreiro, R-Miami.

Measure limits liability for police

Police departments wouldn't be liable for injury, death or property damage caused by people fleeing from officers in a chase under a bill passed unanimously Thursday by the Senate.

There would be certain requirements of the police agency under the bill (SB 124), including requiring that the pursuit is not conducted in a reckless manner and that the officer reasonably believes that the person he's chasing has committed a forcible felony.

The bill now goes to the House. The same bill passed the Senate last year, but died in the House.

Parole commission

may be abolished

Florida would no longer have a parole commission to help prisoners with clemency if the Senate agrees with the House budget proposal and Gov. Jeb Bush approves.

The House proposal eliminates funding for the parole commission. The Senate's version does not yet eliminate the funding. Legislators who want to eliminate funding say the parole commission is outdated and ineffective.

`Missing Angels' bill closer to passage

With approval Wednesday of the "Missing Angels" bill, parents are a step closer to getting birth certificates for their stillborn children.

Supporters say the bill brings needed comfort and closure to families whose children are stillborn. Opponents worry that the law might carry implications for the abortion debate, but supporters contend that stillbirth involves no voluntary termination and is therefore unrelated.

The bill (SB 746) waits to be scheduled for a vote in the House. The bill would make Florida the 14th state to offer certificates of stillbirth to mothers who carry their children at least 20 weeks and deliver them.

Bill offers more time for sex crime reports

Victims of crimes such as rape and sodomy would have longer to take action against their attackers under a bill promoted Thursday.

Sen. Rod Smith, D-Gainesville, has introduced legislation (SB 2610) that would increase the statute of limitations for these crimes. The bill still must be go to three committee hearings.

Nearly 13,000 victims reported crimes like rape, sodomy and forcible fondling in 2003, according to the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence.

 
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