Florida House Bill 407 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Removes requirement that state attorney must either transfer & certify children of certain ages who commit specified crimes for prosecution as adults or provide written reasons; revises circumstances under which state attorney may file information in cases involving children of certain ages who commit certain crimes; provides that children 14 years of age or older, rather than children of any age, who are charged with certain offenses are subject to court jurisdiction until indictment is returned; prohibits transfer of child to adult court for criminal prosecution of indictable offense until child's competency has been restored; authorizes, rather than requires, child who is found to have committed specified crimes to be sentenced according to certain provisions & child to be sentenced as adult if child is found to have committed an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment.

Prosecuting Children As Adults

Rep. Allison Tant [D]

Rep. Daisy Morales [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-14	House	Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2022-03-12	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2022-01-11	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-11-05	House	Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-11-05	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2021-11-05	House	Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2021-11-05	House	Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-10-25	House	Filed

S1492 (Same As) 2022-03-14 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
985	03		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	556		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	557		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	56		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	565		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/407
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/407/BillText/Filed/PDF