Florida House Bill 889

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates Office of Corrections Ombudsman within legislative branch; provides for staff; specifies duties of office; provides for appointment of Corrections Ombudsman; requires that Ombudsman meet certain criteria; requires Legislature to establish Corrections Oversight Committee on or before certain date; provides duties & membership of committee; requires DOC to provide Ombudsman & committee members with access to certain department facilities & records; authorizes Ombudsman & committee members access to such facilities unannounced; requires confidentiality of in-person communications between incarcerated persons or facility staff members & Ombudsman or committee member; provides that correspondence between incarcerated person & office is privileged; provides that decision, or failure, to file complaint with office does not impact inmate grievance procedure; provides that office need not investigate or process complaints in order received; requires office to submit to President of Senate & Speaker of House of Representatives specified report annually; provides appropriation.

Office of the Corrections Ombudsman

Rep. Susan Valdes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-05	House	Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Budget Committee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-12-23	House	Filed

H891 (Related) 2026-03-13 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
S1160 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Criminal Justice
S1162 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Criminal Justice
S1710 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Criminal Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
11	92		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/889
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/889/BillText/Filed/PDF