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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to parole; creating s. 947.28, F.S.; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | reinstating parole for offenders who solely committed 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | certain nonviolent felony offenses; providing 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | exceptions; providing an effective date. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 1. Section 947.28, Florida Statutes, is created to 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | read: 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 947.28 Parole reinstatement for certain nonviolent felony 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | offenders.— 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, parole is 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | reinstated in this state for an offender who solely committed 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | one or more nonviolent felony of the second degree offenses or 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | nonviolent felony of the third degree offenses, including, but 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | not limited to: 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) Drug possession. 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) Theft, grand theft, or larceny. 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) Possession of or trafficking of cannabis as defined in 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | s. 893.02. 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (d) Burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, structure, or 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | conveyance, and he or she was unarmed. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) Subsection (1) does not app ly to: 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a) A person who has been convicted of committing, or 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | following offenses: 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1. Section 794.011. 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2. Chapter 800. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 3. Section 827.03. 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 4. Section 827.071. 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (b) A person who was released pursuant to s. 947.1405 or 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | s. 947.146. 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 34 |
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