Title | Bill# | Description | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
Legalization of Recreational Marijuana | Renaming the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation as the Division of Alcoholic Beverages, Marijuana, and Tobacco, etc. | Sen. Bobby Powell (D) | |
Conditions of Pretrial Release | Providing an exception to warrantless arrest; requiring an officer to issue a notice to appear rather than make a custodial arrest in certain circumstances, etc. | Sen. Darryl Rouson (D) | |
Batterers’ Intervention Programs | Requiring the Department of Children and Families to certify and monitor specified batterers’ intervention programs; requiring programs to have certain safety measures in place, etc. | Sen. Randolph Bracy | |
Certified Domestic Violence Service Providers | Defining the term “domestic violence service provider”; requiring the Department of Children and Families to certify domestic violence service providers; authorizing the department, under certain circumstances, to deny, suspend, or revoke certification of a service provider, etc. | Sens. Randolph Bracy (D) and Linda Stewart (D) | |
Victims of Crimes | Requiring law enforcement personnel to ensure that victims are given information about their right to employ private counsel; encouraging The Florida Bar to develop a registry of attorneys willing to serve as crime victim advocates on a pro bono basis, etc. | Sens. Danny Burgess (R), Lauren Book (D) and Keith Perry (R) | |
Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use | Revising the sales tax exemption for the sale of marijuana and marijuana delivery devices to apply only to purchases by qualified patients and caregivers; revising provisions related to the licensure and functions of medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTCs), etc. | Sen. Jeff Brandes (R) | |
Criminal Convictions | Revising the principles embodied by the Criminal Punishment Code as it relates to punishment and rehabilitation; authorizing the Department of Corrections to grant deductions from sentences in the form of good behavior time, rehabilitation credits, etc. | Sens. Keith Perry (R) and Lori Berman (D) | |
Criminal Justice | Deleting provisions relating to allowing specified elected officials to file an appeal to the Administration Commission if the governing body of a municipality makes a specified reduction to the operating budget of the municipal law enforcement agency, etc. | Sen. Shevrin Jones (D) | |
Elimination of Court-related Financial Obligations for Juveniles | Citing this act as the “Debt-Free Justice for Children Act”; deleting certain children and young adults, and the parents or guardians of such children and young adults, from numerous provisions relating to fees, costs, and financial obligations, etc. | Sen. Lauren Book (D) | |
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders | Providing that the use of peer specialists is an essential element of a coordinated system of care in recovery from a substance use disorder or mental illness; revising background screening requirements for certain peer specialists, etc. | Sen. Darryl Rouson (D) | |
Inmate Confinement | Prohibiting the use of solitary confinement; prohibiting the use of restrictive confinement for noncompliance, punishment, or harassment or in retaliation for an inmate’s conduct, etc. | Sen. Gary M. Farmer, Jr. (D) | |
Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use | Revises provisions related to licensure & functions of medical marijuana treatment centers; authorizes person 21 years of age or older to possess & deliver marijuana products in specified amount; requires sentence review for individuals serving certain sentences for specified crimes. | Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D) | |
Certified Domestic Violence Service Providers | Requires DCF to certify domestic violence service providers; provides requirements for such service providers; authorizes department to deny, suspend, or revoke certification of service provider; provides for expiration of such certification, etc. | Rep. Tracie Davis (D) | |
Victims of Crimes | Requires law enforcement personnel to ensure victims are given information about right to employ private counsel; encourages Florida Bar to develop registry of attorneys willing to serve as crime victim advocates on pro bono basis. | Rep. Colleen Burton (R) | |
Legalization of Recreational Marijuana | Exempts certain activities involving marijuana from use & possession offenses; authorizes persons age 21 & over to engage in certain activities; provides for personal cultivation; specifies possession limits, etc. | Rep. Anika Tene Omphroy (D) | |
Conditions of Pretrial Release | Requires officer to issue notice to appear rather than make custodial arrest in certain circumstances; specifies criminal defendants who are not charged with felony offenses are presumed to be entitled to release without monetary bail, etc. | Rep. Yvonne Hayes Hinson (D) | |
Elimination of Court-related Financial Obligations for Juveniles | Removes juveniles from numerous provisions relating to court fees; provides that fees & court-ordered costs previously ordered to be paid are unenforceable & uncollectable; provides for reinstatement of driver licenses suspended for failure to make specified payments. | Reps. Nicholas X. Duran (D) and Vance Arthur Aloupis Jr. (R) | |
Criminal Rehabilitation | Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 65 percent, etc. | Rep. Dianne "Ms Dee" Hart |
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