| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to parole; amending s. 947.165, F.S.; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | provide a specified statistical analysis to the 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Legislature; amending s. 947.174, F.S.; requiring the 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Department of Corrections to provide specified 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | information to the commission; requiring the 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | commission to review specified information in certain 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | circumstances; providing an effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 947.165, Florida 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 947.165 Objective parole guidelines. — 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) At least once a year, the commission shall review the 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | objective parole guidelines and make any revisions considered 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | necessary by virtue of statistical analysis of commission 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | actions, which analysis uses acceptable research and 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | methodology. Upon completion of the review, the commission must 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | provide the statistical analysis to the President of the Senate 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 947.174, Florida 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 947.174 Subsequent interviews. — 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 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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| 51 | 51 | | (3) The department shall, within a reasonable amount o f 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | time, make available and bring to the attention of the 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | commission such information as is deemed important to the review 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of the presumptive parole release date, including, but not 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | limited to, current progress reports, psychological reports, and 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | disciplinary reports, as well as information regarding an 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | inmate's use of vocational training, substance abuse treatment, 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | and educational and other self -betterment programs. The 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | commission must review such information in determining whether 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | to modify an inmate's pre sumptive parole release date . 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 36 |
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