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Florida
March 02, 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- On Tuesday the Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice approved Senate Bill 620, which would require the Commission on Offender Review to Partner with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to adopt...
Florida
March 02, 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice approved Senate Bill 1032 today. It would incentivize participation in educational and vocational training, and rehabilitation in Florida’s prisons by allowing...
Florida
March 02, 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice approved Senate Bill 474 today. It requires judicial review before a child is tried in an adult court and prohibits putting someone younger than 15 into an...
Florida
February 04, 2021
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Yesterday, the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the Florida state agency responsible for enforcing state civil rights, reiterated that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender...
Florida
January 27, 2021
Tallahassee, FL — Earlier today the Florida House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee passed House Bill 1. If passed by the full House and Senate, the bill would enact Governor Ron DeSantis’ priority legislation...
Florida
January 11, 2021
Tallahassee, Fla. — On the same afternoon a violent mob stormed into the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. armed with zip ties, pipe bombs, and other assault weapons, two Republican Florida lawmakers filed companion bills...
