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FL H6071

Bill

Status

Failed

3/14/2020

Primary Sponsor

Dotie Joseph

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Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Limits liability for incarceration and correctional costs to only persons convicted of capital or life felonies, who would owe a flat $250,000 liquidated damage amount

  • Eliminates the existing $50 per day assessment for incarceration costs that currently applies to offenders convicted of non-capital and non-life felonies

  • Removes the provision that calculated damages based on the length of the sentence imposed at sentencing

  • Amends Section 960.293, Florida Statutes, regarding determination of damages and losses

  • Effective date: July 1, 2020

Legislative Description

Costs of 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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