CS/HB 829 Summary

• Renames "conditional release" to "mandatory supervision" to accurately reflect the nondiscretionary nature of the release program for violent offenders.

• Requires certain violent offenders convicted on or after October 1, 2013 to be released under mandatory supervision rather than discretionary conditional release, with intensive postrelease supervision to reduce reoffending.

• Mandates the Parole Commission and Department of Corrections develop annual reports tracking mandatory supervision offenders' return to prison rates, distinguishing between new crimes and technical violations of probation, with reports due July 1 beginning in 2017.

• Limits correctional probation officer caseloads for mandatory supervision offenders to a maximum of 40 per officer (subject to legislative appropriation) to provide enhanced public safety and effective monitoring.

• Makes conforming amendments throughout Florida Statutes to replace terminology of "conditional release" with "mandatory supervision" in over 30 statute sections; effective October 1, 2013.