Florida House Bill 765 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits DOC or local governmental body from subjecting youth prisoners to solitary confinement; prohibits youth prisoners from being subjected to emergency cell confinement for longer than certain duration; requires facility staff to document placements of youth prisoners in emergency cell confinement; requires mental health clinician perform face-to-face evaluation of youth prisoners subjected to emergency cell confinement; provides for individualized suicide crisis intervention plan for certain youth prisoner; provides for protection of youth prisoners held in disciplinary cell confinement; requires DOC & boards of county commissioners to certify compliance & adopt specified policies & procedures.

Youth in Solitary Confinement

Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby [D]

Rep. James Bush [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-14	House	Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2022-03-12	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2022-01-11	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-12-13	House	Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-12-13	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2021-12-13	House	Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2021-12-13	House	Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-11-30	House	Filed

S206 (Similar To) 2022-03-14 - Died in Health Policy
S1934 (Similar To) 2022-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
944	09		Amended Code	See Bill Text
944	279		Amended Code	See Bill Text
951	23		Amended Code	See Bill Text
958	155		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/765
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/765/BillText/Filed/PDF