Florida Senate Bill 636 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibiting a child awaiting trial or other legal process who is treated as an adult for purposes of criminal prosecution from being held in a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults; requiring the court to consider specified factors in making a certain determination; providing a requirement and a prohibition if a court determines that it is in the interest of justice to allow a child to be held in a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults, etc.

Detention of Children

Sen. Bobby Powell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	Senate	Died in Criminal Justice
2021-03-02	Senate	Introduced
2021-01-28	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations
2021-01-13	Senate	Filed

H807 (Same As) 2021-04-30 - Died in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/636
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/636/BillText/Filed/HTML