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FL S0572
Bill
Status
3/14/2020
Primary Sponsor
Criminal Justice
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AI Summary
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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.
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Increases maximum incentive gain-time from 10 days per month to 20 days per month for all sentences, with restrictions based on offense classification.
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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.
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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.
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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