Florida Senate Bill 1496 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Authorizing the establishment of veterans treatment courts by the chief judge of a judicial circuit; specifying eligibility requirements for participation in the program; providing factors that a court must consider in determining a defendant's eligibility to participate; authorizing a court to impose a condition requiring a probationer or community controllee who is eligible to participate in a veterans treatment court to participate in certain treatment programs under certain circumstances, etc.

Veterans Treatment Courts

Senate Military and Veterans Affairs and Space Committee

Sen. Tom Lee [R]

Sen. Douglas Broxson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	Senate	Died in Appropriations
2020-03-14	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-02-26	Senate	Now in Appropriations
2020-02-25	Senate	Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2020-02-20	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/25/20, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
2020-02-13	Senate	CS by Military and Veterans Affairs and Space read 1st time
2020-02-13	Senate	Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2020-02-13	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2020-02-12	Senate	CS by Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2020-02-07	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs and Space, 02/12/20, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2020-01-14	Senate	Introduced
2020-01-13	Senate	Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
2020-01-07	Senate	Filed

H1085 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Military and Veterans Affairs and Space

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
394	47891		Amended Code	See Bill Text
43	51		Amended Code	See Bill Text
910	035		Amended Code	See Bill Text
948	06		Amended Code	See Bill Text
948	08		Amended Code	See Bill Text
948	16		Amended Code	See Bill Text
948	21		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1496
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1496/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1496/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1496/Amendment/271626/HTML