Florida House Bill 613 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on June 16 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-16 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits jail or other adult facility from holding child w transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before hearing to determine if child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless hearing waived; removes requirement for state attorney to request court to transfer & certify child for prosecution as adult or to provide written reasons to court for not making such request; removes references to state attorney's discretion to direct file juvenile; revises discretionary direct file criteria; provides for due process evidentiary hearing before judge upon filing by state attorney of information transferring child to adult court; provides requirements for order to transfer to adult court.

Prosecuting Children as Adults

Rep. Dianne Hart-Lowman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-16	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-05-03	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2025-03-04	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-02-19	House	Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-02-19	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2025-02-19	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-02-13	House	Filed

S950 (Same As) 2025-06-16 - Died in Criminal Justice
H1521 (Similar To) 2025-06-16 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
985	03		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	15		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	265		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	556		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	557		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	565		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/613
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/613/BillText/Filed/PDF