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FL S0276

Bill

Status

Failed

3/14/2022

Primary Sponsor

Darryl Rouson

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates s. 775.08701 to retroactively apply 2016 amendments removing aggravated assault and attempted aggravated assault from mandatory minimum sentencing predicate offenses to persons convicted before July 1, 2016.

  • Persons convicted of aggravated assault or attempted aggravated assault before July 1, 2016 who were not sentenced before October 1, 2022 cannot receive mandatory minimum sentences; those already serving mandatory minimums must be resentenced without such minimums.

  • Creates s. 893.13501 to retroactively apply 2019 amendments reducing penalties for trafficking in hydrocodone or codeine to persons convicted before October 1, 2019, with mandatory minimums ranging from 3 to 25 years based on quantity (28 grams to 300+ grams).

  • Retroactively applies 2014 amendments reducing penalties for trafficking in oxycodone to persons convicted before July 1, 2014, with mandatory minimums ranging from 3 to 25 years based on quantity (7 grams to 100+ grams).

  • Establishes resentencing procedures allowing eligible persons to apply for sentence review hearings in their original sentencing courts, with court-appointed counsel and new sentences not exceeding original sentences with time served credit.

Legislative Description

Sentencing

Last Action

Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

3/14/2022

Committee Referrals

Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice11/2/2021
Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice11/2/2021

Full Bill Text

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