Florida House Bill 771 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits child who has been transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution pursuant to direct file from being held in adult jail before hearing; removes references to state attorney's discretion; revises discretionary direct file criteria; requires court to advise child & his or her parent or guardian of child's right to certain due process evidentiary hearing; authorizes child or child's parent or guardian to request hearing; requires judge to conduct hearing within certain timeframe & consider specified information & factors; authorizes judge to consider certain reports; provides for continued jurisdiction; requires adult court to make certain findings; authorizes review.

Direct Filing of an Information

Rep. James Bush [D]

Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	House	Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-03-02	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-02-18	House	Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-02-04	House	Filed

S638 (Same As) 2021-04-30 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/771
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/771/BillText/Filed/PDF