Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 694: Cold Case Murders
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 694 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Cold Case Murders. Primary sponsor: Rosalind Osgood (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Criminal Justice.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Cold Case Murders; Citing this act as "The Decker Act"; requiring the heads of law enforcement agencies or their designees to review certain cold cases and make a specified determination upon receiving a written application from a designated person; requiring law enforcement agencies to conduct a full reinvestigation of a cold case under certain circumstances; requiring law enforcement agencies to provide specified training; requiring law enforcement agencies, by a specified date and periodically thereafter, to report certain data to the Global Forensic and Justice Center at Florida International University, etc.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosalind Osgood | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 32 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died in Criminal Justice
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- Introduced
- Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
- Filed