How we calculate the "Score" for each bill we're tracking:
Bill Score =
total votes matching what voters want
total votes cast by the Representative on bills we are tracking
Where we get our data: open.pluralpolicy.com, a community project that pulls legislative data from the Federal and State House and Senate websites.
Official data: We track and report the votes reported by the legislature. Displayed votes are the most recent data available from the House and Senate websites through Open States.
Changed votes: Legislators are entitled to change their votes after bills pass or fail. Those changes may or may not be published by the state.
No votes: A gray circle indicates that the legislator did not vote on the latest motion for that bill. They may have been absent or otherwise unable to vote.
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Capital Sexual Battery (HB 1297)
Score:
59
%
Florida
2023
Latest Action:
Updated:
Chamber:
This bill changes the law so that an individual 18 years and older who commits sexual battery on a child under 12 years old is now subject to being charged with a capital felony, meaning that the sentence imposed can be life imprisonment or death, with any death sentence being determined by eight or more jurors.
