Bill > S1724

Introduced Session

An act relating to access to veterans treatment court programs; amending s. 394.47891, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring that a defendant seeking to participate in a veterans treatment court program submit an application to the state attorney; deleting a provision requiring that the state attorney review each application and determine whether the defendant meets certain eligibility requirements; deleting a requirement that in order for a defendant to participate in a veterans treatment court program he or she must be approved by the state attorney, in consultation with the court; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 948.01, F.S.; authorizing the sentencing court, for offenses committed after a specified date, to place defendants into a postadjudicatory veterans treatment court program under certain circumstances; requiring that satisfactory completion of the program be a condition of the defendant’s probation or community control; defining the term “nonviolent felony”; requiring that the defendant be advised by counsel of the purpose of the veterans treatment court program and that the defendant agree to enter the program in order to be placed into the program; providing for jurisdiction; amending s. 948.06, F.S.; authorizing offenders charged with certain offenses to participate in the veterans treatment court program under certain circumstances; making technical changes; amending s. 948.08, F.S.; specifying that certain defendants are eligible for voluntary admission into a certain pretrial veterans treatment court program and upon a motion by either party or the court requiring their admittance for an amount of time determined by the court based on their clinical needs; amending ss. 43.51 and 910.035, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting s. 948.16(2)(a), F.S., relating to misdemeanor pretrial veterans’ treatment intervention programs, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 394.47891, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 921.187(1)(c), F.S., relating to disposition and sentencing, alternatives, and restitution, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 948.01, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss. 948.012(2)(b), 948.10(3), and 958.14, F.S., relating to split sentence of probation or community control and imprisonment, community control programs, and violation of probation or community control programs, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 948.06, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 796.07(4)(b), 944.026(3), and 948.036(1), F.S., relating to prohibiting prostitution and related acts; community-based facilities and programs; and work programs as a condition of probation, community control, or other court-ordered community supervision, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 948.08, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

Tom Wright (R)*, 

Died in Criminal Justice (on 06/16/2025)

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