Florida SB 626: Juvenile Justice

Bill Text

626 
Juvenile Justice 
2021-03-17T04:29:52Z 
Creating the "Kaia Rolle Act"; prohibiting a child younger than a certain age from being taken into custody, arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for a delinquent act or violation of law; providing an exception, etc. 
Committee Substitute 2 
2021 
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2021-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2021 CS for CS for SB 626 

 By the Committees on Criminal Justice; and Children, Families, 
 and Elder Affairs; and Senators Bracy and Torres 

 591-02928-21 2021626c2 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to juvenile justice; creating s. 
 3 985.031, F.S.; providing a short title; prohibiting a 
 4 child younger than a certain age from being taken into 
 5 custody, arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent 
 6 for a delinquent act or violation of law; providing an 
 7 exception; providing an effective date. 
 8 
 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 10 
 11 Section 1. Section 985.031, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 12 read: 
 13 985.031 Age limitation; exception.— 
 14 (1) This section may be cited as the “Kaia Rolle Act.” 
 15 (2) A child younger than 7 years of age may not be taken 
 16 into custody, arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for a 
 17 delinquent act or violation of law based on an act occurring 
 18 before he or she reaches 7 years of age, unless the violation of 
 19 law is a forcible felony as defined in s. 776.08. 
 20 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.