HB 387 Summary

• Creates the Florida Criminal Justice Reform Task Force within the legislative branch composed of 28 members including legislators, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement, corrections officials, and community representatives to conduct a comprehensive review of the state's criminal justice, court, and corrections systems.

• Task force directed to develop sentencing and corrections policy recommendations using a data-driven approach with three goals: reduce correctional populations and spending by focusing on serious offenses, implement research-based supervision and sentencing practices, and reinvest savings into recidivism-reduction strategies.

• First meeting required within 60 days of enactment with a minimum of four regular meetings thereafter; task force must submit findings and legislative recommendations to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House by the 2018 Regular Session convening date, then dissolves.

• Appointments made within 30 days of enactment; task force membership must reflect the state's racial, gender, geographic, and economic diversity as well as the diversity of the state's prison population; members serve without compensation but receive per diem and travel expense reimbursement.

• Task force subject to public records and public meetings requirements; all meetings open to public with 5 days' notice for regularly scheduled meetings; section expires January 31, 2018.