Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 950 — Prosecuting Children as Adults

Last action — Died in Criminal Justice

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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

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 to determine whether 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; requiring a court to advise a child and his or her parent or legal guardian of the child’s right to a due process evidentiary hearing before a judge upon the filing by a state attorney of an information transferring the child to adult court, etc.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Criminal Justice

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Introduced

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

  5. Filed

Sponsors

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

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 950 do?
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 to determine whether 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; requiring a court to advise a child and his or her parent or legal guardian of the child’s right to a due process evidentiary hearing before a judge upon the filing by a state attorney of an information transferring the child to adult court, etc.
Who sponsors SB 950?
SB 950 is sponsored by Rouson, Darryl Ervin (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 950?
This bill died with 2025 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.
Where can I track SB 950?
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