Florida House Bill 461 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - 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
2014-05-02	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2014-03-20	House	On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/24/14, 12:30 pm, Sumner Hall --Workshopped
2014-03-04	House	Introduced
2014-01-08	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2013-12-30	House	Filed

S0980 (Same As) 2014-05-02 - 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/2014/461
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0461/BillText/Filed/PDF