SB 1304 Summary

• Creates section 893.13501, Florida Statutes to retroactively apply reduced sentencing guidelines for trafficking in hydrocodone, codeine, and oxycodone to persons convicted before the effective dates of prior law amendments.

• Allows retroactive sentencing or resentencing for hydrocodone and codeine trafficking violations committed before October 1, 2019, and oxycodone violations committed before July 1, 2014, with new sentencing based on gram-weight thresholds ranging from 4 grams to 30 kilograms.

• Requires mandatory minimum sentences ranging from 3 to 25 years imprisonment depending on quantity, with fines from $50,000 to $500,000, except for quantities under 4 grams for hydrocodone/codeine or under 7 grams for oxycodone.

• Mandates the Department of Corrections notify eligible persons of their right to request sentence review hearings in the court of original jurisdiction, with appointed counsel available for those unable to afford attorneys.

• Establishes that resentencing cannot exceed the original sentence with credit for time served, and all credited time in correctional and county jail facilities must be applied to the new sentence, effective October 1, 2021.