Bill Text: FL S1198 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Presentencing Information

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Criminal Justice [S1198 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S1198-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 1198
       
       
        
       By Senator Bracy
       
       
       
       
       
       11-00861-17                                           20171198__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to presentencing information;
    3         requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
    4         Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study
    5         on the presentencing information provided to judges in
    6         this state and the manner by which that information is
    7         provided; requiring the office to examine alternative
    8         means of providing such information; requiring the
    9         Department of Corrections and the Office of the State
   10         Courts Administrator, upon request, to assist OPPAGA
   11         with the study; requiring OPPAGA, on or before a
   12         certain date, to submit a report to the Governor and
   13         the Legislature; providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   18  Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a study on the
   19  presentencing information provided to judges in this state and
   20  the manner in which that information is provided. The study must
   21  also examine alternatives to the way Florida provides judges
   22  with presentencing information, such as Missouri’s searchable
   23  electronic database of sentencing information. The study must
   24  include findings regarding the advantages, disadvantages, and
   25  feasibility of the adoption in this state of features of other
   26  states’ models for providing presentencing information. Upon
   27  request, the Department of Corrections and the Office of State
   28  Courts Administrator shall assist OPPAGA by providing
   29  information that it determines is necessary to complete its
   30  report. On or before October 1, 2017, OPPAGA shall provide its
   31  report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
   32  Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.