Florida House Bill 953 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 3 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-03 - Died in Judiciary Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Authorizes DOC to increase number of employees serving as transition specialists & employment specialists; requires transition assistance staff to provide specified information; requires DOC to establish telephone hotline for released offenders & provide community reentry resource directory; requires DOC to allow certain organizations to provide reentry services; authorizes expanded use of job assignment credentialing & industry certifications; requires DOC to develop prison entrepreneurship program.

Inmate Reentry

House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee

Rep. Charlie Stone [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-03	House	Died in Judiciary Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
2019-05-03	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2019-03-28	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2019-03-27	House	CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
2019-03-27	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2019-03-27	House	CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2019-03-22	House	On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
2019-03-06	House	Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2019-03-05	House	Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2019-03-05	House	Introduced
2019-03-01	House	On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/05/19, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
2019-02-28	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2019-02-20	House	Filed

H705 (Similar To) 2019-05-03 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
S642 (Similar To) 2019-05-01 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1021 (Ch. 2019-91), HB 5011 (Ch. 2019-95), CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167), CS/SB 160 (Ch. 2019-45), CS/SB 828 (Ch. 2019-50), SB 910 (Ch. 2019-61), CS/CS/SB 1418 (Ch. 2019-134)
H7125 (Similar To) 2019-07-01 - Chapter No. 2019-167, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1021 (Ch. 2019-91), CS/SB 160 (Ch. 2019-45), CS/SB 828 (Ch. 2019-50), SB 910 (Ch. 2019-61), SB 1136 (Ch. 2019-53), CS/CS/SB 1418 (Ch. 2019-134)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
944	704		Amended Code	See Bill Text
944	705		Amended Code	See Bill Text
944	801		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/953
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/953/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/953/BillText/c1/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/953/Amendment/331629/PDF