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FL H1445

Bill

Status

Failed

3/14/2020

Primary Sponsor

Byron Donalds

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Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Department of Corrections to grant a one-time award of 60 additional days of incentive gain-time to inmates who complete a prison entrepreneurship program, high school equivalency diploma, or vocational certificate

  • Requires courts to impose sentences below statutory minimums for drug trafficking offenses when defendants meet specific criteria: no prior dangerous crime convictions, no violence or weapons used, no death or serious injury resulted, not part of a continuing criminal enterprise, and cooperation with providing information to the state

  • Excludes inmates convicted of dangerous crimes or sexual offenses from receiving gain-time that would reduce their sentence below 85% of the time imposed

  • Requires the Department of Corrections to include all probation conditions in the Florida Crime Information Center system

  • Effective date: July 1, 2020

Legislative Description

Sentencing and Incarceration

Last Action

Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

3/14/2020

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice Subcommittee1/17/2020

Full Bill Text

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