Florida House Bill 195 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 28 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-28 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises age-based criteria & offenses for which discretionary direct file of information against child may be made in adult court; prohibits filing of information on child otherwise eligible if it is child's first offense unless there are compelling reasons; requires such reasons to be stated in writing; provides criteria for state attorney to determine whether to file information; requires state attorney to file written explanation when information is filed; provides criteria for consideration of child's request to return to juvenile justice system.

Prosecution of Juveniles

Sen. Bobby Powell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-28	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2015-03-03	House	Introduced
2015-01-15	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2015-01-07	House	Filed

S0444 (Similar To) 2015-05-01 - Died in Criminal Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
985	557		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/195
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0195/BillText/Filed/PDF