FL H1521

Landlords are prohibited from inquiring about a prospective tenant's criminal record before making a conditional offer to rent, and may only consider felony convictions after such an offer is made; withdrawn offers require written justification and an individualized assessment considering factors like offense severity, time elapsed, and rehabilitation evidence.

Voting rights restoration for persons convicted of non-murder, non-sexual felonies no longer requires full payment of financial obligations; only completion of parole or probation is required.

Persons convicted of felonies would have citizenship rights automatically restored to the same extent that any federal elected official has rights automatically restored following a felony conviction.

Retroactive resentencing is required for persons sentenced before October 1, 2019 for trafficking in hydrocodone or codeine, and before July 1, 2014 for trafficking in oxycodone, applying updated gram-weight thresholds and reduced mandatory minimum penalties; the Department of Corrections must notify eligible inmates of their right to request a sentence review hearing.

Discretionary direct filing of juveniles aged 14–17 into adult court is narrowed to life felonies (for ages 14–15) and first-degree or life felonies (for ages 16–17), now requiring a written judicial finding that adult sanctions serve the public interest; circuit judges may return a juvenile to juvenile court at any point during proceedings. Additionally, the Department of Corrections must provide inmate residence data for redistricting beginning in 2030, and liquidated damage provisions for inmate incarceration costs are removed.