Florida House Bill 659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires defendant sentenced for primary offense of possession of controlled substance committed on or after specified date to be sentenced to nonstate prison sanction unless court makes specified written findings; authorizes motion to depart from mandatory minimum term if offense is committed on or after specified date; revises principle of Criminal Punishment Code relating to minimum term of imprisonment; revises incentive gain-time provisions; provides that inmates convicted of noncapital offenses & sentenced to life qualify for conditional release under certain conditions.

Criminal Justice

Rep. Ramon Alexander [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2018-03-10	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-01-09	House	Introduced
2017-11-27	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2017-11-14	House	Filed

S304 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Criminal Justice
S1194 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Criminal Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	082		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	002		Amended Code	See Bill Text
944	275		Amended Code	See Bill Text
947	1405		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/659
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/659/BillText/Filed/PDF