Sen. Bobby Powell

Cold Case Murders; Citing this act as the “Decker-Backmann Act”; requiring the heads of law enforcement agencies or their designees to review certain cold cases upon receiving a written application from a designated person; providing requirements for such reviews; requiring law enforcement agencies to provide specified training; requiring law enforcement agencies, by a specified date and periodically thereafter, to report certain data to the Global Forensic and Justice Center at Florida International University, etc.

Annual Study of the Use of Restrictive Housing; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct an annual study on the use of restrictive housing for all prisoners in the state correctional system; specifying the types of restrictive housing placements to be studied; requiring that the annual study include specified data per certain age groups and categories as it relates to the uses of restrictive housing, to include the frequency and duration, demographic information, the conditions of restrictive housing, mental health, economic data, and program questions, etc.

Theft from Nonprofit Organizations; Providing for the reclassification of certain theft offenses of specified amounts from nonprofit organizations; requiring in certain cases that the judge require restitution and community service in addition to any fine or sentence imposed, etc.

Temporary Cash Assistance Eligibility; Providing that benefits may not be denied to certain victims of human trafficking, etc.

Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program; Creating the Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring the Commissioner of Education to select a certain number of middle or high schools to participate in the pilot program; requiring the commissioner to select a conflict resolution curriculum for use in the program; requiring the nonprofit organization to provide a report to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Department of Education, etc.

Restrictive Confinement of Inmates; Citing this act as the “Cautia Spencer End Solitary Confinement Act”; specifying requirements for and limitations and restrictions on the use of restrictive housing; providing documentation requirements for staff members directly involved in using restrictive housing for an individual; specifying conditions required in restrictive housing, etc.

Reentry Resource Centers; Providing for the provision of inmate transition assistance services through reentry resource centers that collocate support services and resources; specifying some types of assistance that should be included, etc.

Prosecuting Children as Adults; Prohibiting a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults from holding a child who has been transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before a specified hearing is held to determine if the child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless the child waives his or her right to such hearing; deleting provisions requiring a state attorney to request a court to transfer and certify a child for prosecution as an adult or to provide written reasons to the court for not making such request, or to proceed under a specified provision; deleting references to the state attorney’s discretion to direct file a juvenile, etc.

Task Force on Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities; Citing this act as the “Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities Act”; creating the Task Force on Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities; requiring the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement to issue subpoenas; authorizing the task force to seek assistance from state agencies and to access certain exempt or confidential and exempt information or records, etc. APPROPRIATION: $600,000

Task Force on Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities; Citing this act as the “Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities Act”; creating the Task Force on Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities; requiring the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement to issue subpoenas; authorizing the task force to seek assistance from state agencies and to access certain exempt or confidential and exempt information or records, etc. APPROPRIATION: $600,000