HB 297 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Rehabilitation

Summary
Criminal Rehabilitation; Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 72 percent; revises provisions concerning gain-time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, & rehabilitation credits; provides for amounts to be awarded; revises limits on awards.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 3, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Nov 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Nov 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Nov 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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Dianne Hart-Lowman
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