Florida SB 820: Yacht and Ship Brokers’ Act

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Problem-solving Court Reports 
2026-03-18T11:00:50Z 
Requiring the Office of the State Courts Administrator to provide a problem-solving court report to the Legislature annually by a specified date; requiring specified court programs to collect certain data and information for program evaluation; requiring each such court program to report such data and information annually to the office, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to problem-solving court reports; 
 3 amending s. 43.51, F.S.; requiring the Office of the 
 4 State Courts Administrator to provide a problem 
 5 solving court report to the Legislature annually by a 
 6 specified date; revising information that must be 
 7 included in such report; revising the definition of 
 8 the term “problem-solving court”; amending ss. 
 9 39.01304, 394.47891, 394.47892, and 397.334, F.S.; 
 10 requiring specified court programs to collect certain 
 11 data and information for program evaluation; requiring 
 12 each such court program to report such data and 
 13 information annually to the office; specifying 
 14 requirements for the annual problem-solving court 
 15 report prepared by the office; providing 
 16 applicability; providing an effective date. 
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 18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 19 
 20 Section 1. Section 43.51, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 21 read: 
 22 43.51 Problem-solving court reports.— 
 23 (1) The Office of the State Courts Administrator shall 
 24 provide an annual report to the President of the Senate and the 
 25 Speaker of the House of Representatives on problem-solving 
 26 courts no later than January 31 of each year for the previous 
 27 fiscal year. The report must: 
 28 (a) Provide all of the following information for each 
 29 problem-solving court: 
 30 1. which details The number of participants for the in each 
 31 problem-solving court for each fiscal year. the court has been 
 32 operating and 
 33 2. The types of services provided., 
 34 3. identifies Each source of funding for the each court 
 35 during each fiscal year., and 
 36 4. provides Information on the performance of the each 
 37 court based upon outcome measures established by the courts. 
 38 (b) Provide all of the following uniform aggregate data for 
 39 each problem-solving court: 
 40 1. The number of participants. 
 41 2. Participant primary offense that resulted in the court 
 42 program referral or sentence, if applicable. 
 43 3. Treatment compliance. 
 44 4. Program completion status and reasons for any failure to 
 45 complete. 
 46 5. Offenses committed during program participation, if 
 47 applicable. 
 48 6. Frequency of court appearances. 
 49 7. Units of service. 
 50 8. Participant changes in the status of employment, 
 51 housing, and child custody during program participation. 
 52 9. Other uniform information that demonstrates the 
 53 effectiveness of the program. 
 54 (2) For purposes of this section, the term “problem-solving 
 55 court” includes, but is not limited to, a drug court pursuant to 
 56 s. 397.334, s. 948.01, s. 948.06, s. 948.08, s. 948.16, or s. 
 57 948.20; a dependency drug court pursuant to s. 39.507 or s. 
 58 39.521; an early childhood court pursuant to s. 39.01304; a 
 59 veterans treatment court program pursuant to s. 394.47891, s. 
 60 948.08, s. 948.16, or s. 948.21; a mental health court program 
 61 pursuant to s. 394.47892, s. 948.01, s. 948.06, s. 948.08, or s. 
 62 948.16; a community court pursuant to s. 948.081; or a 
 63 delinquency pretrial intervention court program pursuant to s. 
 64 985.345. 
 65 Section 2. Present subsection (2) of section 39.01304, 
 66 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), and a new 
 67 subsection (2) is added to that section, to read: 
 68 39.01304 Early childhood court programs.— 
 69 (2) Each early childhood court program shall collect the 
 70 data and information prescribed in s. 43.51(1) for purposes of 
 71 program evaluation. In addition, early childhood court programs 
 72 shall collect the number of admissions and terminations, 
 73 referral and screening procedures, eligibility criteria, type 
 74 and duration of treatment offered, and residential treatment 
 75 resources. Each early childhood court program shall report 
 76 annually to the Office of the State Courts Administrator the 
 77 data and information required to be collected under this 
 78 subsection. 
 79 Section 3. Present subsection (12) of section 394.47891, 
 80 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (13), and a new 
 81 subsection (12) is added to that section, to read: 
 82 394.47891 Veterans treatment court programs.— 
 83 (12) PROGRAM DATA.—Each veterans treatment court program 
 84 shall collect the data and information prescribed in s. 43.51(1) 
 85 for purposes of program evaluation. In addition, veterans 
 86 treatment court