Florida SB 412: Parole

Bill Text

412 
Parole 
2025-11-05T11:10:14Z 
Requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide a specified statistical analysis to the Legislature; requiring the Department of Corrections to provide specified information to the commission; requiring the commission to review specified information in certain circumstances, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 412 

 By Senator Bernard 

 24-00486A-26 2026412__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to parole; amending s. 947.165, F.S.; 
 3 requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to 
 4 provide a specified statistical analysis to the 
 5 Legislature; amending s. 947.174, F.S.; requiring the 
 6 Department of Corrections to provide specified 
 7 information to the commission; requiring the 
 8 commission to review specified information in certain 
 9 circumstances; providing an effective date. 
 10 
 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 12 
 13 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 947.165, Florida 
 14 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 15 947.165 Objective parole guidelines.— 
 16 (2) At least once a year, the commission shall review the 
 17 objective parole guidelines and make any revisions considered 
 18 necessary by virtue of statistical analysis of commission 
 19 actions, which analysis uses acceptable research and 
 20 methodology. Upon completion of the review, the commission shall 
 21 provide the statistical analysis to the President of the Senate 
 22 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 23 Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 947.174, Florida 
 24 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 25 947.174 Subsequent interviews.— 
 26 (3) The department shall, within a reasonable amount of 
 27 time, make available and bring to the attention of the 
 28 commission such information as is deemed important to the review 
 29 of the presumptive parole release date, including, but not 
 30 limited to, current progress reports, psychological reports, and 
 31 disciplinary reports, as well as information regarding an 
 32 inmate’s use of vocational training, substance abuse treatment, 
 33 educational programs, and other self-betterment programs. The 
 34 commission shall review such information in determining whether 
 35 to modify an inmate’s presumptive parole release date. 
 36 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.