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FL S0744

Bill

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Clay Yarborough

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates new section 944.085, Florida Statutes, allowing a state prison inmate with an unserved arrest warrant in Florida to file a "notice of unserved warrant" in the circuit court where the warrant was issued
  • Requires the prisoner to serve the notice upon the state attorney of the relevant circuit
  • The circuit court must schedule a status hearing within 90 days of receiving the notice; the prisoner may not be transported to attend the hearing
  • At the status hearing, the state attorney must confirm whether an unserved warrant exists; if confirmed, the court must order the prisoner's transport to the issuing county's jail within 30 days, with the order sent to the county sheriff for execution
  • Effective date is July 1, 2025; sponsored by Senator Yarborough

Legislative Description

Arrest Warrants for State Prisoners

Last Action

Died in Criminal Justice

6/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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