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Introduced
09/15/2025
09/15/2025
In Committee
10/06/2025
10/06/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to veterans affairs; amending s. 394.47891, F.S.; revising the admissions process for veterans treatment court programs; authorizing the multidisciplinary team to determine eligibility for veterans treatment court programs; amending s. 948.01, F.S.; authorizing sentencing courts to divert defendants to veterans treatment court programs under certain circumstances; requiring that a defendant’s satisfactory completion of the program be a condition of the defendant’s probation or community control; defining the term “nonviolent felony”; requiring that certain notice be provided to defendants; providing for disposition of probation or community control violations by program participants; providing an effective date.
AI Summary
This bill modifies the process for admitting veterans into specialized treatment court programs, shifting the primary decision-making authority from the state attorney to a multidisciplinary team, which will assess a defendant's eligibility based on factors like criminal history, substance abuse, and amenability to treatment, and also allows sentencing courts to divert defendants charged with nonviolent felonies to these veterans treatment court programs, provided the defendant agrees and satisfactory completion of the program becomes a condition of their probation or community control, with a "nonviolent felony" defined as certain property crimes or any felony that is not a forcible felony, and clarifies that violations of probation or community control by program participants will be handled by the judge overseeing the veterans treatment court program.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (1)
Other Sponsors (1)
Criminal Justice (Senate)
Last Action
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (on 02/10/2026)
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