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FL S1032

Bill

Status

Failed

5/3/2013

Primary Sponsor

Criminal Justice

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Origin

Senate

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Waives identification card and birth certificate fees for eligible inmates and requires the Department of Corrections to obtain certified birth certificates and state identification cards for Florida-born inmates before release.

  • Requires the department to assist inmates born outside Florida in obtaining social security cards, driver licenses, or state identification cards, and provide information about licensing authorities near their release address.

  • Mandates that inmates within two years of release have access to skills assessment and training programs, contingent on available funding and department determination of security and safety risks.

  • Establishes a reentry program for nonviolent drug offenders sentenced to conditional split sentences, consisting of a minimum 180-day prison-based substance abuse treatment program followed by community-based aftercare and drug offender probation.

  • Restricts program eligibility to offenders with third-degree felonies as primary offense and those with no prior convictions for violent crimes, sex offenses, child abuse, firearm offenses, or drug sales; permits department termination from the program for violent acts, medical conditions, or security concerns.

Legislative Description

Inmate Reentry

Last Action

Died in Appropriations

5/3/2013

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/15/2013
Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice4/4/2013
Criminal Justice2/25/2013

Full Bill Text

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