| Promise 5 – Juvenile Justice |
| HB 0005 |
Relating to Juvenile Offenders |
Weinstein |
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Juvenile Offenders: Cites act as “Graham Compliance Act”; provides that juvenile offender who was less than 18 years of age at time of commission of nonhomicide offense & who is sentenced to life imprisonment is eligible for resentencing if offender has been incarcerated for minimum period; requires initial resentencing hearing to determine whether juvenile offender has demonstrated maturity & reform for resentencing; provides criteria to determine maturity & reform; requires minimum term of probation for juvenile resentenced by court; provides consequences for probation violations; provides eligibility for subsequent resentencing hearing after specified period for juvenile offenders denied resentencing. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
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2/2/2012 |
HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed |
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2/6/2012 |
HOUSE Reference to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee removed; Remaining reference: Judiciary Committee |
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2/6/2012 |
HOUSE Now in Judiciary Committee |
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| SB 0044 |
Relating to Relief of Irving Hoffman and Marjorie Weiss by the City of Tallahassee |
Fasano |
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Relief of Irving Hoffman and Marjorie Weiss by the City of Tallahassee; Providing for the relief of Irving Hoffman and Marjorie Weiss, parents of Rachel Hoffman, deceased, individually and as co-personal representatives of the Estate of Rachel Hoffman, by the City of Tallahassee; providing an appropriation to compensate them for the wrongful death of their daughter, Rachel Hoffman, as a result of negligence by employees of the Tallahassee Police Department; providing a limitation on the payment of fees and costs, etc. CLAIM: Indeterminate EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a law |
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7/28/201 |
SENATE Filed |
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9/8/2011 |
SENATE Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills |
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| SB 0046 |
Relating to Victims/Florida Reform School for Boys/Department of Juvenile Justice |
Fasano |
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Relief of Victims/Florida Reform School for Boys/Department of Juvenile Justice; Providing for the relief of the victims who were abused while confined to the Florida Reform School for Boys located in Marianna and Okeechobee; providing an appropriation to compensate them for injuries and damages sustained as result of the abuses perpetrated by the personnel of the reform schools; providing a limitation on the payment of fees and costs, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a law |
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7/29/201 |
SENATE Filed |
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9/8/2011 |
SENATE Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills |
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| SB 0092 |
Relating to Reducing or Suspending the Sentence of a Juvenile Offender |
Joyner |
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Reducing or Suspending the Sentence of a Juvenile Offender; Citing this act as the “Second Chance for Children Act”; providing that a juvenile offender who was 17 years of age or younger at the time of committing one or more nonhomicide offenses and who was sentenced to 10 or more years of imprisonment may be eligible for a reduced or suspended sentence; providing that the juvenile offender may petition the court after a specified age for a hearing to reduce or suspend the sentence; setting forth the eligibility criteria to reduce or suspend a sentence; authorizing the juvenile offender to petition for subsequent sentencing hearings if the court does not reduce or suspend the juvenile offender’s sentence, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a law |
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11/17/2011 |
SENATE Now in Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations |
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1/19/2012 |
SENATE On Committee agenda – Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations, 01/24/12, 1:00 pm, 37 S |
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1/24/2012 |
SENATE Temporarily Postponed by Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations |
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| HB 0099 |
Relating to Sexual Exploitation |
Fresen |
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Sexual Exploitation: Cites act as “Florida Safe Harbor Act”; provides legislative intent & goals; requires child who has been or is alleged to have been sexually exploited to be placed in facility that offers treatment; requires assessment of certain children for placement in facility that treats sexually exploited children; provides for use of such assessments; requires facilities to report to DCFS their success in achieving permanency for children who have been sexually exploited; requires DCFS to address child welfare service needs of sexually exploited children as component of its master plan & develop guidelines for treating sexually exploited children; requires report concerning those guidelines; requires annual report concerning placements of sexually exploited children; provides duties, responsibilities, & requirements for safe houses & their operators; provides for increased civil penalty for soliciting another to commit prostitution or related acts; provides for disposition of proceeds; allows victim compensation for sexually exploited children. Effective Date: January 1, 2013 |
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1/27/2012 |
HOUSE On Committee agenda – Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/31/12, 8:00 am, 404 H |
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1/31/2012 |
HOUSE Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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1/31/2012 |
HOUSE Now in Health & Human Services Committee |
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| HB 0135 |
Relating to Costs of Prosecution, Investigation, and Representation |
Ray |
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Costs of Prosecution, Investigation, and Representation: Provides for withholding of unpaid costs of prosecution & representation from return of cash bond posted on behalf of criminal defendant; requires notice on bond forms of such possible withholding; provides liability for cost of prosecution & investigation for persons whose cases are disposed of under specified provisions; clarifies types of cases that are subject to collection & dispensing of cost payments by clerk of court; provides liability for attorney’s fees & costs for persons whose cases are disposed of under specified provisions; provides for assessment of costs of prosecution against juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent or has adjudication of delinquency withheld. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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1/25/2012 |
HOUSE Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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1/26/2012 |
HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed |
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2/2/2012 |
HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading |
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| SB 0150 |
Relating to Juvenile Justice Education Programs |
Bullard (L) |
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Juvenile Justice Education Programs; Requiring that the Department of Education submit to the Legislature an annual report that includes student learning gains and student progression in juvenile justice education programs and details the methodology used by the department to ensure that student performance data is complete and reliable, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012 |
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8/29/201 |
SENATE Filed |
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9/8/2011 |
SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K – 12; Criminal Justice; Budget |
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| HB 0173 |
Relating to Department of Juvenile Justice |
Pilon |
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Department of Juvenile Justice: Revises types of diversified & innovative programs to provide rehabilitative treatment that may be developed or contracted for by DJJ, to include mother-infant programs; authorizes department, at secretary’s discretion, to pay up to specified amount toward basic funeral expenses for youth who dies while in custody of department & whose parents or guardians are indigent & for which no other source of funding is available. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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1/17/2012 |
HOUSE On Committee agenda – Judiciary Committee, 01/19/12, 9:00 am, 404 H |
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1/19/2012 |
HOUSE Favorable by Judiciary Committee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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1/19/2012 |
HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading |
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| HB 0179 |
Relating to Possession of Weapons on School Property |
Porth |
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Possession of Weapons on School Property: Prohibits possession of common pocketknife, except as authorized, at school-sponsored event or on property of any school, school bus, or school bus stop. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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10/24/2011 |
HOUSE Withdrawn from Criminal Justice Subcommittee, K-20 Competitiveness Subcommittee, Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee |
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10/24/2011 |
HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction |
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12/8/2011 |
Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR: Criminal Justice Impact Conference, 12/14/11, 10:15 AM, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
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| SB 0202 |
Relating to Sexual Exploitation |
Flores |
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Sexual Exploitation; Citing this act as the “Florida Safe Harbor Act;” authorizing delivery of children alleged to be dependent and sexually exploited to short-term safe houses; providing for a presumption that placement of a child alleged to have been sexually exploited in a short-term safe house is necessary; providing requirements for findings in a shelter hearing relating to placement of an allegedly sexually exploited child in a short-term safe house; providing for a presumption that placement of a child alleged to have been sexually exploited in a safe house is necessary; requiring assessment of certain children for placement in a safe house; providing for use of such assessments; providing requirements for safe houses receiving such children; requiring an annual report concerning safe-house placements; requiring circuits of the Department of Children and Family Services to address child welfare service needs of sexually exploited children as a component of their master plans; providing duties, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2013 |
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1/19/2012 |
SENATE Favorable with CS by Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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1/25/2012 |
SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed |
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1/25/2012 |
SENATE Now in Budget |
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| SB 0210 |
Relating to Costs of Prosecution, Investigation, and Representation |
Wise |
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Costs of Prosecution, Investigation, and Representation; Providing for the withholding of unpaid costs of prosecution and representation from the return of a cash bond posted on behalf of a criminal defendant; requiring a notice on bond forms of such possible withholding; clarifying the types of cases that are subject to the collection and dispensing of cost payments by the clerk of the court; providing for assessment of costs of prosecution against a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent or has adjudication of delinquency withheld, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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1/19/2012 |
SENATE Now in Budget |
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1/20/2012 |
SENATE Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations |
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1/20/2012 |
SENATE Now in Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations |
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| SB 0212 |
Relating to Parole for Juvenile Offenders |
Oelrich |
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Juvenile Offenders; Citing this act as the “Graham Compliance Act;” providing that a juvenile offender who was younger than 18 years of age at the time of commission of a nonhomicide offense and who is sentenced to life imprisonment is eligible for resentencing if the offender has been incarcerated for a minimum period; requiring an initial resentencing hearing to determine whether the juvenile offender has demonstrated maturity and reform for resentencing; providing criteria to determine maturity and reform; requiring a minimum term of probation for any juvenile offender resentenced by the court; providing consequences for probation violations; providing eligibility for a subsequent resentencing hearing after a specified period for juvenile offenders denied resentencing, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
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2/6/2012 |
SENATE On Committee agenda – Criminal Justice, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 37 S |
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2/9/2012 |
SENATE Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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2/10/2012 |
SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed |
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| SB 0356 |
Relating to Possession of Weapons on School Property |
Ring |
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Possession of Weapons on School Property; Prohibiting possession of a common pocketknife, except as authorized, at a school-sponsored event or on the property of any school, school bus, or school bus stop; providing criminal penalties, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012 |
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9/28/2011 |
SENATE Filed |
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10/18/2011 |
SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K – 12; Criminal Justice; Budget |
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12/8/2011 |
Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR: Criminal Justice Impact Conference, 12/14/11, 10:15 AM, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
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| HB 0367 |
Relating to Restraint of Incarcerated Pregnant Women |
Reed |
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Restraint of Incarcerated Pregnant Women: Cites act as “Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act”; prohibits use of restraints on prisoner known to be pregnant during labor, delivery, & postpartum recovery unless corrections official makes determination that prisoner presents extraordinary circumstance requiring restraints; provides that health care professional treating prisoner may request that restraints not be used, in which case corrections officer or other official accompanying prisoner shall remove all restraints; requires that restraint be in least restrictive manner; requires written findings as to extraordinary circumstance; restricts use of specified restraints during third trimester of pregnancy or when requested by health care professional; authorizes woman restrained to file grievance; directs DOC & DJJ to adopt rules; requires facilities to inform female prisoners of rules; requires corrections officials to make annual written reports. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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1/24/2012 |
HOUSE Favorable by Rulemaking & Regulation Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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1/24/2012 |
HOUSE Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee |
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2/10/2012 |
HOUSE On Committee agenda – Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/14/12, 8:30 am, 404 H |
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| SB 0418 |
Relating to Criminal Prosecution of Juveniles |
Smith (C) |
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Criminal Prosecution of Juveniles; Providing additional circumstances for the discretionary direct filing of charges against certain juveniles; providing criteria for determining when a case against a juvenile should be recommended to the court to be transferred for criminal prosecution; providing criteria for consideration of a child’s request to an adult court to return a criminal case to the juvenile justice system, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012 |
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11/2/2011 |
SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Budget |
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12/8/2011 |
Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR: Criminal Justice Impact Conference, 12/14/11, 10:15 AM, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
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1/26/2012 |
Bill to Be Discussed During the Office of EDR’s Criminal Justice Impact Conference; 01/30/12, 9:00, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
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| HB 0471 |
Relating to Monitoring Juvenile Offenders |
Passidomo |
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Monitoring Juvenile Offenders: Authorizes use of specified portion of additional court cost for county juvenile electronic & GPS monitoring programs; provides that child who commits direct contempt of court or indirect contempt of valid court order may be placed on home detention with or without electronic or GPS monitoring; provides that at any time after child has been arrested for allegedly committing delinquent act & any time during pendency of case, child may be placed under restrictions by court, including electronic or GPS monitoring; authorizes court, upon motion of child or upon its own motion, within specified period, to suspend further execution of disposition & place child in probation program & require electronic or GPS monitoring; authorizes use of electronic or GPS monitoring program to enforce specified restrictions on certain juvenile sexual offenders in community-based treatment alternatives. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
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10/25/2011 |
HOUSE Filed |
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10/28/2011 |
HOUSE Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee |
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10/28/2011 |
HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
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| HB 0497 |
Relating to Juvenile Expunction |
Porth |
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Juvenile Expunction: Allows minors who have certain felony arrests to have FDLE expunge their nonjudicial arrest record upon successful completion of prearrest or postarrest diversion program; extends application submission date for minors who complete program before a specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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2/1/2012 |
HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed |
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2/2/2012 |
HOUSE Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee |
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2/10/2012 |
HOUSE On Committee agenda – Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/14/12, 8:30 am, 404 H |
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| SB 0504 |
Relating to Department of Juvenile Justice |
Evers |
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Department of Juvenile Justice; Deleting obsolete references; revising the types of diversified and innovative programs to provide rehabilitative treatment that may be developed or contracted for by the department, to include mother-infant programs and remove reference to an obsolete program; authorizing the department, at the secretary’s discretion, to pay up to a specified amount toward the basic funeral expenses for a youth who dies while in the custody of the department and whose parents or guardians are indigent and for which no other funding is available, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012 |
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1/27/2012 |
SENATE On Committee agenda – Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations, 02/01/12, 10:15 am, 37 S |
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2/1/2012 |
SENATE Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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2/1/2012 |
SENATE Now in Budget |
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| SB 0524 |
Relating to Restraint of Incarcerated Pregnant Women |
Joyner |
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Restraint of Incarcerated Pregnant Women; Citing this act as the “Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act”; prohibiting use of restraints on a prisoner known to be pregnant during labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery unless a corrections official determines that the prisoner presents an extraordinary circumstance; requiring that a corrections officer or other official accompanying a prisoner remove all restraints if the doctor, nurse, or other health care professional treating the prisoner requests that restraints not be used; requiring that the corrections official make written findings within 10 days as to the extraordinary circumstance that dictated the use of restraints; requiring that the Secretary of Corrections, the Secretary of Juvenile Justice, and county and municipal corrections officials annually file written reports with the Executive Office of the Governor detailing each incident of restraint in violation of law or as an authorized exception, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012 |
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1/9/2012 |
SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 01/10/12 |
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1/10/2012 |
SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 40 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately Certified |
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1/11/2012 |
SENATE In Messages |
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| HB 0551 |
Relating to Criminal Prosecution of Juveniles |
Thurston, Jr. |
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Criminal Prosecution of Juveniles: Provides additional circumstances for discretionary direct filing of charges against certain juveniles; provides criteria for determining when case against juvenile should be recommended to court to be transferred for criminal prosecution; provides criteria for consideration of child’s request to adult court to return case to juvenile justice system. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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11/15/2011 |
HOUSE Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee |
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11/15/2011 |
HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
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12/8/2011 |
Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR: Criminal Justice Impact Conference, 12/14/11, 10:15 AM, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
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| HB 0635 |
Relating to Reducing or Suspending the Sentence of a Juvenile Offender |
Stafford |
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Reducing or Suspending the Sentence of a Juvenile Offender: Designates act “Second Chance for Children Act”; provides that juvenile offender who was 17 years of age or younger at time of committing one or more nonhomicide offenses & who was sentenced to 10 or more years of imprisonment may be eligible for reduced or suspended sentence; provides that juvenile offender may petition court after specified age for hearing to reduce or suspend sentence; sets eligibility criteria; authorizes juvenile offender to petition for subsequent sentencing hearings if court does not reduce or suspend sentence. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
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11/14/2011 |
HOUSE Filed |
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11/21/2011 |
HOUSE Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee |
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11/21/2011 |
HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
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| SB 0666 |
Relating to Criminal History Records of Juveniles |
Smith (C) |
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Criminal History Records of Juveniles; Providing for the automatic sealing of records of offenses committed by a juvenile upon completion of sentence; providing exceptions; providing for the effect of sealing; providing for application of other specified provisions relating to expunction and sealing of records, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012 |
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10/25/2011 |
SENATE Filed |
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11/16/2011 |
SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Budget |
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| HB 0705 |
Relating to Educational Enhancement |
Weinstein |
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Educational Enhancement: Creates Educational Excellence Endowment Fund within Statewide Florida College System institution direct-support organization & Juvenile Justice Education & Training Endowment Fund within direct-support organization for DJJ; requires that direct-support organizations deposit revenues from gaming taxes & fees & other grants, gifts, & bequests into endowment funds; requires DOE to transfer specified percentage of lottery funds to direct-support organizations for funding endowment funds; provides for transfer of certain gaming, slot machine, & cardroom revenues to direct-support organizations for funding endowment funds. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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11/17/2011 |
HOUSE Filed |
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11/29/2011 |
HOUSE Referred to K-20 Innovation Subcommittee; Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Education Committee |
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11/29/2011 |
HOUSE Now in K-20 Innovation Subcommittee |
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| SB 0754 |
Relating to Educational Enhancement |
Wise |
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Educational Enhancement; Creating the Educational Excellence Endowment Fund within the Statewide Florida College System institution direct-support organization; requiring that the Statewide Florida College System institution direct-support organization administer the endowment fund; requiring that the direct-support organization deposit revenues from gaming taxes and fees and other grants, gifts, and bequests of money into the endowment fund; creating the Juvenile Justice Education and Training Endowment Fund within the direct-support organization for the Department of Juvenile Justice; requiring that the direct-support organization administer the endowment fund; requiring that the direct-support organization deposit revenues from gaming taxes and fees and other grants, gifts, and bequests of money into the endowment fund, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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1/12/2012 |
SENATE Favorable with CS by Higher Education; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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1/13/2012 |
SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed |
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1/18/2012 |
SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability |
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| SB 0834 |
Relating to Juvenile Justice Education and Workforce Programs |
Education Pre-K – 12 |
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Juvenile Justice Education and Workforce Programs; Requiring that each juvenile committed to a juvenile justice commitment program have a transition plan upon release; requiring that the transition plan include an education transition plan component and information regarding delinquency treatment and intervention services that are accessible upon exiting the program; requiring that the Department of Education rather than the Department of Juvenile Justice ensure that there is accurate cost accounting for certain education programs; creating the “Florida Juvenile Justice Education Act”, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
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2/6/2012 |
SENATE On Committee agenda – Criminal Justice, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 37 S |
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2/9/2012 |
SENATE Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice; 4 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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2/10/2012 |
SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed |
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| SB 0940 |
Relating to Juvenile Expunction |
Wise |
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Juvenile Expunction; Allowing minors who have certain felony arrests to have the Department of Corrections expunge their nonjudicial arrest record upon successful completion of a prearrest or postarrest diversion program, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2012 |
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11/15/2011 |
SENATE Filed |
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12/6/2011 |
SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Budget |
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| HB 0949 |
Relating to Juvenile Justice Education and Workforce Programs |
Baxley |
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Juvenile Justice Education and Workforce Programs: Requires that juvenile committed to juvenile justice commitment program have transition plan upon release, which includes education transition plan component; requires DJJ & DOE to verify that education programs meet minimum standards; creates Florida Juvenile Justice Education Act; provides responsibilities for school districts, private providers, & DOE; provides requirements for education & workforce-related services; requires DOE to identify school districts & private providers by performance ratings & provide common student assessment to measure student academic progress; provides funding requirements for programs. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
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1/30/2012 |
HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed |
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1/31/2012 |
HOUSE References corrected to: Education Committee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee |
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1/31/2012 |
HOUSE Now in Education Committee |
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| SB 1100 |
Relating to Monitoring Juvenile Offenders |
Wise |
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Monitoring Juvenile Offenders; Authorizing use of a specified portion of an additional court cost for county juvenile electronic and global positioning system (GPS) monitoring programs; providing that a child who commits direct contempt of court or indirect contempt of a valid court order may be placed on home detention with or without electronic or GPS monitoring; providing conditions under which a child may be placed under restrictions by the court, including electronic or GPS monitoring; authorizing a court, upon motion of the child or upon its own motion, within a specified period, to suspend the further execution of the disposition and place the child in a probation program that includes electronic or GPS monitoring; authorizing use of an electronic or GPS monitoring program to enforce specified restrictions on certain juvenile sexual offenders in community-based treatment alternatives, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a law |
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11/30/2011 |
SENATE Filed |
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1/10/2012 |
SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Budget |
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| HB 1173 |
Relating to Criminal Gang Prevention |
Ingram |
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Criminal Gang Prevention: Provides enhanced criminal penalties for certain trespassing offenses in school safety zones by person convicted of certain gang-related offenses; provides enhanced criminal penalties for person who intentionally causes, encourages, solicits, or recruits another person under specified age to become criminal gang member in certain circumstances; authorizes county & municipal detention facilities to designate individual responsible for determining gang status of inmates entering facility & to assess current inmates for gang activity or gang affiliation; provides duties of such individuals; revises criteria for application of sentencing multiplier for offenses related to criminal gangs; limits application of multiplier if application would result in lowest permissible sentence exceeding statutory maximum sentence. Effective Date: October 1, 2012 |
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1/26/2012 |
Bill to Be Discussed During the Office of EDR’s Criminal Justice Impact Conference; 01/30/12, 9:00, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
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1/27/2012 |
HOUSE Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee |
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2/10/2012 |
HOUSE On Committee agenda – Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/14/12, 8:30 am, 404 H |
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| HB 1445 |
Relating to Zero Tolerance for Crime and Victimization in Schools |
Davis |
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Zero Tolerance for Crime and Victimization in Schools: Requires district school board to adopt policy for reporting to law enforcement agency acts that pose serious threat to school safety & for handling within school’s disciplinary system acts that do not pose serious threat; requires agreement with law enforcement agencies to include role for school resource officers; requires school principal to certify when student is arrested for incident that is serious threat to school safety. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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1/9/2012 |
HOUSE Filed |
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1/12/2012 |
HOUSE Referred to K-20 Competitiveness Subcommittee; Criminal Justice Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee |
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1/12/2012 |
HOUSE Now in K-20 Competitiveness Subcommittee |
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| SB 1846 |
Relating to Criminal Gang Prevention |
Evers |
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Criminal Gang Prevention; Providing enhanced criminal penalties for certain trespassing offenses in school safety zones by a person convicted of certain gang-related offenses; providing enhanced criminal penalties for a person who intentionally causes, encourages, solicits, or recruits another person under a specified age to become a criminal gang member in certain circumstances; authorizing county and municipal detention facilities to designate an individual to be responsible for determining the gang status of each inmate entering the facility and to assess each current inmate for gang activity or gang affiliation; revising the criteria for application of the sentencing multiplier for offenses related to criminal gangs, etc. Effective Date: October 1, 2012 |
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2/6/2012 |
SENATE On Committee agenda – Criminal Justice, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 37 S |
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2/9/2012 |
SENATE Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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2/10/2012 |
SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed |
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| SB 1886 |
Relating to Zero Tolerance For Crime And Victimization In Schools |
Wise |
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Zero Tolerance for Crime and Victimization in Schools; Requiring that each district school board adopt a policy for reporting to a law enforcement agency acts that pose a serious threat to school safety; requiring that acts that do not pose a serious threat to school safety be handled within the school’s disciplinary system; requiring that a child accused of a misdemeanor offense not be arrested and formally processed in the juvenile justice system; requiring each district school board to implement a training program for school administrators and teachers regarding the negative consequences and future effects of an arrest of a juvenile and of the existing in-school alternatives to discipline a student for committing petty acts of misconduct without involving a law enforcement agency, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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1/30/2012 |
SENATE Favorable with CS by Education Pre-K – 12; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays |
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2/1/2012 |
SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed |
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2/1/2012 |
SENATE Now in Criminal Justice |
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| HB 5401 |
Relating to Juvenile Detention |
Justice Appropriations Subcommittee |
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Juvenile Detention; Provides that detention care, for purposes of provisions relating to shared county & state responsibility for juvenile detention costs, includes alternatives to secured detention. Effective Date: July 1, 2012 |
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2/6/2012 |
HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/08/12 |
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2/8/2012 |
HOUSE Read Second Time |
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2/9/2012 |
HOUSE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 118 Yeas / 0 Nays); Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to conference |
