Bill Text: FL S1452 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 1452 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Minimum Age for Arrest

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-04-30 - Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241) [S1452 Detail]

Download: Florida-2021-S1452-Introduced.html

       Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1452
       
       
        
       By Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the minimum age for arrest;
    3         creating s. 901.001, F.S.; prohibiting the arrest of a
    4         person younger than 10 years of age; providing an
    5         effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Section 901.001, Florida Statutes, is created to
   10  read:
   11         901.001 Minimum age for an arrest.—A person younger than 10
   12  years of age may not be arrested.
   13         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.