SB 640 Florida Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Prosecuting Children as Adults

Summary
Prosecuting Children as Adults; Deleting provisions under which a state attorney must either request a court to transfer and certify children of certain ages who commit specified crimes for prosecution as adults or provide written reasons to the court for not making such a request, or must proceed under certain provisions; revising the circumstances under which a state attorney may file an information in cases that involve children of certain ages who commit certain crimes; providing that children 14 years of age or older, rather than children of any age, who are charged with certain offenses are subject to the jurisdiction of the court until an indictment is returned by the grand jury, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 30, 2021
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Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/16/21, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Photo of Bobby Powell
Bobby Powell
DDemocratic
FL
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