Title: Parole

Summary: Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide specified statistical analysis to Legislature; requires DOC to provide specified information to commission; requires commission to review specified information in certain circumstances.

Full Text:
An act relating to parole; amending s. 947.165, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide a specified statistical analysis to the Legislature; amending s. 947.174, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections to provide specified information to the commission; requiring the commission to review specified information in certain circumstances; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 947.165, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 947.165 Objective parole guidelines.-(2) At least once a year, the commission shall review the objective parole guidelines and make any revisions considered necessary by virtue of statistical analysis of commission actions, which analysis uses acceptable research and methodology. Upon completion of the review, the commission must provide the statistical analysis to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 947.174, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 947.174 Subsequent interviews.- ENROLLED CS/CS/HB 2025 Legislature hb181-02-er FL OR I DA HO US EO FR EP RE SE NT A TI VE S(3) The department shall, within a reasonable amount of time, make available and bring to the attention of the commission such information as is deemed important to the review of the presumptive parole release date, including, but not limited to, current progress reports, psychological reports, and disciplina ry reports,as well as information regarding an inmate's use of vocational training, substance abuse treatment, and educational and other self-betterment programs. The commission must review such information in determining whether to modify an inmate's pre sumptive parole release date.Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.