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FL S0776
Bill
AI Summary
- Creates s. 893.13501, F.S., to retroactively apply updated gram-weight thresholds and penalties for trafficking in hydrocodone and codeine to offenses committed before October 1, 2019, aligning them with changes made by chapter 2019-167, Laws of Florida
- Retroactively applies updated gram-weight thresholds and penalties for trafficking in oxycodone to offenses committed before July 1, 2014, aligning them with changes made by chapter 2014-176, Laws of Florida
- Requires resentencing for persons currently serving mandatory minimum prison terms for these trafficking offenses and sentencing under the new thresholds for those not yet sentenced before October 1, 2023
- Establishes tiered mandatory minimums based on drug quantity, ranging from no mandatory minimum (e.g., 4–28 grams for hydrocodone/codeine, 4–7 grams for oxycodone) up to 25 years imprisonment and fines of $500,000–$750,000 for the largest quantities
- Requires the Department of Corrections to notify eligible inmates, grants them the right to counsel (including appointed public defenders), and directs the original sentencing court to hold a sentence review hearing, with any new sentence not to exceed the original sentence with credit for time served
Legislative Description
Sentencing
Last Action
Died in Criminal Justice
5/5/2023
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