SB 964 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Parole

Summary

Parole; 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.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status vetoed 2 of 3 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Vetoed

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Vetoed Apr 29, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

S 964 Filed → S 964 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill expands the Florida Commission on Offender Review's responsibilities by requiring them to submit statistical analysis to the Legislature and mandating that the Department of Corrections provide specific inmate information to the commission. The changes strengthen oversight of parole decisions and ensure the commission has access to critical data about inmate progress and institutional performance.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from only requiring the commission to develop objective parole guidelines to also requiring the Department of Corrections to provide specific inmate information and the commission to review that information when determining parole release dates.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for the Department of Corrections to provide current progress reports, psychological reports, disciplinary reports, and information about inmate participation in vocational, substance abuse, and educational programs to the commission.

Added requirement for the commission to review the information provided by the Department of Corrections when determining whether to modify an inmate's presumptive parole release date.

Modified the statistical analysis submission requirement to occur upon completion of the review rather than just upon completion of the analysis, and clarified that the commission must provide the analysis to legislative leadership.

TIMELINE

Added a new Section 2 requiring the commission to review the Department of Corrections' information in certain circumstances, expanding the commission's ongoing oversight responsibilities.

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 29, 2025

Vetoed

Substituted CS/CS/HB 181 (Vetoed by Governor)

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors