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FL S1206

Bill

Status

Failed

3/10/2018

Primary Sponsor

Criminal Justice

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Department of Corrections to release inmates on electronic monitoring for work, education, or training who would not otherwise qualify due to custody level or risk factors, using a risk assessment tool to determine eligibility.

  • Creates a supervised community release program beginning 90 days before an inmate's provisional or tentative release date, requiring electronic monitoring and community control, with the department authorized to terminate participation for non-compliance.

  • Allows law enforcement or probation officers to arrest inmates without warrant for violating supervised community release conditions, with violations reported to correctional officers for disciplinary disposition.

  • Permits participating inmates to continue earning or losing gain-time but excludes them from prison population counts and their community housing from prison capacity figures.

  • Establishes a procedure allowing state prisoners with unserved probation or community control violation warrants to file notice in circuit court for a status hearing within 90 days, with the court ordering transport to county jail for prosecution if a warrant exists.

Legislative Description

State Inmates

Last Action

Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

3/10/2018

Committee Referrals

Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice1/19/2018
Criminal Justice12/18/2017

Full Bill Text

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