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FL S0572

Bill

Status

Failed

3/14/2020

Primary Sponsor

Criminal Justice

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Origin

Senate

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Revises the Criminal Punishment Code to establish a minimum 65 percent sentence requirement for nonviolent felonies and maintains 85 percent for violent felonies, replacing the previous blanket 85 percent requirement.

  • Increases maximum incentive gain-time from 10 days per month to 20 days per month for all sentences, with restrictions based on offense classification.

  • Authorizes the Department of Corrections to allow inmates with sentences of 2 years or more to participate in supervised community release beginning 365 days before their release date, including active electronic monitoring and community control supervision.

  • Specifies that inmates in supervised community release remain under department custody and control, are managed by community control officers, and cannot be counted toward prison population or capacity figures.

  • Permits law enforcement to arrest inmates for violations of supervised community release terms without a warrant and establishes procedures for disciplinary action through the department's emergency action center.

Legislative Description

Release from Imprisonment

Last Action

Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

3/14/2020

Committee Referrals

Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice12/13/2019
Criminal Justice11/1/2019

Full Bill Text

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