Bill > S0642

This bill makes a number of significant changes to various criminal justice laws in Florida. Some of the key provisions include: - Authorizing certain Supreme Court justices to have an official headquarters outside of Leon County, and providing for a subsistence and travel allowance. - Increasing the number of circuit judges in certain judicial circuits. - Increasing the threshold amounts for certain theft offenses. - Expanding the scope of unlawful acts by a person infected with a sexually transmissible disease. - Prohibiting certain lewd or lascivious acts in the presence of county correctional personnel. - Requiring the Office of the State Courts Administrator to provide an annual report on problem-solving courts. - Making various changes to sentencing and penalties for theft, retail theft, and other property crimes. - Authorizing the establishment of community court programs for certain misdemeanor offenses. - Requiring the Department of Corrections to establish a system of graduated incentives for probationers and offenders on community control. - Creating an alternative sanctioning program for certain technical violations of probation or community control. - Expanding eligibility for various pretrial intervention and problem-solving court programs. - Authorizing the establishment of driver license reinstatement programs by clerks of court. - Creating new crimes related to the possession of obscene, child-like sex dolls. - Providing for the automatic sealing of certain criminal history records. - Requiring the recording of custodial interrogations for certain serious offenses. - Making various other changes to criminal penalties, procedures, and programs. Overall, this bill represents a substantial revision of Florida's criminal justice system across a wide range of areas.

Budget and Finance, Justice

Appropriations (S), Criminal Justice (S)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/642