Florida 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 I cosponsors

SB 1908 — Gain-time for Certain Women Prisoners

Last action — Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Gain-time for Certain Women Prisoners; Specifying that a pregnant prisoner or a prisoner who is the mother of a child of a certain age sentenced to a state correctional institution is eligible under certain circumstances to earn or receive gain-time in an amount that would cause her sentence to expire, end, or terminate after serving 65 percent of the sentence imposed; providing that a pregnant prisoner or a prisoner who is the mother of a child of a certain age is ineligible under certain circumstances to earn or receive gain-time in an amount that would cause her sentence to expire, end, or terminate after serving 65 percent of the sentence imposed, etc.

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Florida Senate - 2021 SB 1908 By Senator Pizzo 38-01914-21 20211908__ A bill to be entitled An act relating to gain-time for certain women prisoners;
Florida Senate - 2021 CS for SB 1908 By the Committee on Criminal Justice;
and Senator Pizzo 591-02934-21 20211908c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to gain-time for certain women prisoners;
providing that a pregnant prisoner or a prisoner who is the mother of a child of a certain age is ineligible under certain circumstances to earn or receive gain-time in an amount that would cause her sentence to expire, end, or terminate after serving 65 percent of the sentence imposed;
15 WHEREAS, the absence of the mother of a young child on a daily basis may lead to problems and disorders connected to such absence for the child, and WHEREAS, a mother’s presence soothes a child’s stress and helps to regulate a child’s emotions, and WHEREAS, a mother’s extended absence can cause a child to experience higher levels of stress and anxiety, and WHEREAS, the more emotionally and physically present a mother can be for her child, the better the chance that child will be emotionally healthy and mentally well, NOW, THEREFORE, 26 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
20 WHEREAS, the absence of the mother of a young child on a daily basis may lead to problems and disorders connected to such absence for the child, and WHEREAS, a mother’s presence soothes a child’s stress and helps to regulate a child’s emotions, and WHEREAS, a mother’s extended absence can cause a child to experience higher levels of stress and anxiety, and WHEREAS, the more emotionally and physically present a mother can be for her child, the better the chance that child will be emotionally healthy and mentally well, NOW, THEREFORE, 31 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
28 Section 1. Section 944.243, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
33 Section 1. Section 944.243, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
775.084(1)(c)1.
775.084(1)(c)1., s.
827.03, s.
827.071, or s.
827.10.
and (c) The prisoner has participated in at least one educational or rehabilitative program while incarcerated, if such education or rehabilitative program was available.
and (c) The prisoner has completed at least one educational or rehabilitative program while incarcerated, if such education or rehabilitative program was available.
However, if the prisoner’s participation in an educational or rehabilitative program is terminated due to a reason other than the prisoner’s voluntary termination or expulsion from the program for cause, the prisoner’s participation in the program shall be considered as completion of the program for purposes of this paragraph.
(3) A pregnant prisoner or a prisoner who is the mother of a child 3 years of age or younger at the time the offense or offenses were committed becomes ineligible for release under this section if the qualifying pregnancy is subsequently terminated prior to the birth of an infant, or the woman is no longer the legal parent of a qualifying child due to an adoption under chapter 63 or termination of parental rights under chapter 39, or similar proceedings in another jurisdiction.
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Action History

  1. Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

  2. CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time

  3. Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

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

  5. CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

  6. On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/16/21, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

  7. Introduced

  8. Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations

  9. Filed

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable with Committee Substitute

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 5001
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 7001
% of votes cast 88%0%0%13%
How each member voted (8)
Member Party Vote
Gainer — Yea
Perry — Yea
Powell — Yea
Taddeo — Yea
Brandes — Yea
Baxley — Not Voting
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Boyd, Jim Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1908 do?
Gain-time for Certain Women Prisoners; Specifying that a pregnant prisoner or a prisoner who is the mother of a child of a certain age sentenced to a state correctional institution is eligible under certain circumstances to earn or receive gain-time in an amount that would cause her sentence to expire, end, or terminate after serving 65 percent of the sentence imposed; providing that a pregnant prisoner or a prisoner who is the mother of a child of a certain age is ineligible under certain circumstances to earn or receive gain-time in an amount that would cause her sentence to expire, end, or terminate after serving 65 percent of the sentence imposed, etc.
Who sponsors SB 1908?
SB 1908 is sponsored by Pizzo, Jason W. B. (No Party Affiliation).
What is the current status of SB 1908?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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