Florida House Bill 1521

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-03-05 - Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Pending: House Criminal Justice Subcommittee Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

prohibits landlord from asking prospective tenant about criminal record prior to making conditional offer; limits offenses that may be considered after such an offer is made; removes full payment of financial obligations from voting rights restoration requirements; provides for retroactive applicability of sentencing & resentencing of certain persons who committed certain violations before specified date which involved trafficking in certain controlled substances; revises definitions of term "juvenile offender" for purposes of review of sentences of review of juvenile sentences; provides for treatment of concurrent & consecutive sentences; provides for retroactive effect; requires DOC to provide specified data concerning inmates to Legislature for redistricting purposes; specifies how such data shall be used in redistricting; provides that only persons convicted of capital or life felonies are liable for correctional costs in specified liquidated damage amount for incarceration; removes provisions specifying fixed daily amount for an offender's liability for incarceration costs; revises offenses for which juvenile may be direct filed in adult court; requires judicial finding for discretionary direct file of juveniles; provides requirements for judicial findings; provides for return of juveniles to juvenile division at any point during circuit court proceedings.

Criminal Justice

Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-05	House	Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-03-05	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2025-03-05	House	Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
2025-03-05	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-03-04	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-02-28	House	Filed

H613 (Similar To) 2025-03-04 - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
S950 (Similar To) 2025-03-04 - Introduced

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
83	455		Amended Code	See Bill Text
893	13501		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	1402		Amended Code	See Bill Text
940	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
944	1915		Amended Code	See Bill Text
960	293		Amended Code	See Bill Text
98	0751		Amended Code	See Bill Text
985	557		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1521
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1521/BillText/Filed/PDF