FL SB 1080

Title: Prosecuting Children as Adults
Author: Bobby Powell Jr.

Summary
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.

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

Bill Documents
FL SB 1080 - Original Filed Version

FL SB 1080 - Original Filed Version

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