FL S0930

Expands the definition of "juvenile offender" to include all persons sentenced for offenses committed before age 18, removing the prior limitation to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2014, and applies retroactively to all persons currently serving sentences for offenses committed as juveniles

Reduces the waiting period for sentence review from 15 to 10 years for certain juvenile offenders sentenced to more than 15 years, and from 20 to 10 years for those sentenced to 20 years or more, with subsequent review hearings available 2 years (down from 10 years) after the initial review

Requires the Department of Corrections to credit time spent in county jail toward sentence review eligibility, update classification records to reflect potential early release, and ensure juvenile offenders have access to transitional programming aimed at reducing recidivism

Establishes new procedural requirements including a 120-day deadline for courts to hold sentence review hearings after receiving an application, a 90-day deadline for written rulings, appointment of a public defender for indigent offenders, and treatment of concurrent and consecutive sentences as a single sentence

Mandates the State Courts Administrator to submit an annual public report beginning July 1, 2025, detailing the number of sentence reductions granted and denied, releases, and demographic characteristics including race, gender, judicial circuit, and county of juvenile offenders seeking review