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FL S0210
Bill
Status
Failed
4/30/2021
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Brandes
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AI Summary
- Reduces mandatory minimum sentences for prison releasee reoffenders: life-eligible felonies drop from life to 25 years, first-degree felonies from 30 to 20 years, second-degree felonies from 15 to 10 years, and third-degree felonies from 5 to 3 years
- Removes the requirement that prison releasee reoffenders serve 100 percent of their court-imposed sentence and eliminates the prohibition on parole, control release, or any form of early release
- Applies the revised sentencing structure retroactively, allowing persons previously sentenced under the old law who are still serving their mandatory minimum terms to apply for resentencing in the court of original jurisdiction
- Requires the Department of Corrections to notify eligible individuals of their right to request a sentence review hearing, with appointed counsel provided for indigent persons
- Resentenced individuals become eligible for gain-time credits under s. 944.275 that were previously unavailable, though new sentences may not exceed the original sentence with credit for time served
Legislative Description
Sentencing
Last Action
Died in Appropriations
4/30/2021
Committee Referrals
Appropriations2/17/2021
Criminal Justice12/15/2020
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