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FL S0776

Bill

Status

Failed

5/5/2023

Primary Sponsor

Darryl Rouson

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

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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