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An act relating to criminal rehabilitation; amending s. 921.002, F.S.; revising the legislative intent of the Criminal Punishment Code; specifying that to rehabilitate the offender to transition back to the community successfully is one of the primary purposes of sentencing; reducing the minimum sentence that must be served by a defendant from 85 percent of the sentence to 65 percent; amending s. 944.275, F.S.; revising provisions concerning gain time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, and rehabilitation credits; providing requirements for such gain-time and credits; providing for amounts to be awarded; revising limits on the award of gain time; reducing the minimum sentence that must be served by a defendant from 85 percent of the sentence to 65 percent; amending ss. 316.027, 316.1935, 381.004, 775.084, 775.0845, 775.0847, 775.0861, 775.0862, 775.087, 775.0875, 777.03, 777.04, 784.07, 794.011, 794.0115, 794.023, 812.081, 817.568, 831.032, 843.22, 874.04, 944.281, 944.473, 944.70, 944.801, and 947.005, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

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Dianne Hart-Lowman (D)*,  Kristen Arrington (D),  Travaris McCurdy (D),  Felicia Robinson (D),  Geri Thompson (D),  Susan L. Valdés (R),  Marie Woodson (D), 

Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee (on 03/14/2022)

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