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FL S1504

Bill

Status

Failed

3/14/2020

Primary Sponsor

Criminal Justice

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Origin

Senate

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Retroactively applies 2019 sentencing reforms (chapter 2019-167) to individuals convicted of driving while license suspended, revoked, canceled, or disqualified before October 1, 2019

  • Requires resentencing for individuals currently serving imprisonment or supervision for pre-October 2019 offenses, with the new sentence not to exceed the original sentence with credit for time served

  • Waives all outstanding fines, fees, and costs for individuals whose felony convictions under the old law would not be classified as felonies under the new law, and treats such convictions as misdemeanors for purposes of rights and benefits

  • Creates an expunction process allowing individuals convicted of felony driving while license suspended offenses (that would not be felonies under current law) to petition courts to expunge their criminal history records if they have no other felony convictions

  • Requires a $75 processing fee and certificate of eligibility from the Department of Law Enforcement before petitioning for expunction, with certificates valid for 12 months

Legislative Description

Sentencing

Last Action

Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

3/14/2020

Committee Referrals

Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice2/10/2020
Criminal Justice1/13/2020

Full Bill Text

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