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FL H7029
Bill
Status
Passed
6/9/2022
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary Committee
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AI Summary
- Courts may order children on supervised release detention care to comply with conditions including electronic monitoring, if necessary to preserve public safety or ensure the child's safety or court appearance
- Children may be placed on supervised release detention care for any time period until an adjudicatory hearing, but after 60 days the court must hold a hearing within 15 days to determine the need for continued supervised release
- Secure detention care is capped at 21 days unless an adjudicatory hearing has commenced, with extensions of up to 21 days each (increased from 9 days) available for children charged with offenses equivalent to capital felonies, life felonies, first- or second-degree felonies, or third-degree felonies involving violence, upon good cause shown
- Prolific juvenile offenders must be placed on supervised release with electronic monitoring or in secure detention until disposition; those who violate supervised release conditions must be held in secure detention until a hearing
- Electronic monitoring ordered as a condition of supervised release may be supervised by the Department of Juvenile Justice, a law enforcement agency, or both working in partnership, though law enforcement agencies are not required to do so
- Effective date: July 1, 2022
Legislative Description
Time Limitations for Preadjudicatory Juvenile Detention Care
Last Action
Chapter No. 2022-181
6/9/2022
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/3/2022
Justice Appropriations Subcommittee1/28/2022
Full Bill Text
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