SB 964 — Parole

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 964 By Senatorthe BernardAppropriations 24-01586-25Committee 2025964__on ACriminal billand toCivil beJustice; entitled An act relating to objective parole guidelines;

and Senator Bernard 604-03624-25 2025964c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to parole;

revisingrequiring requirementsthe forFlorida objectiveCommission paroleon guidelines;Offender Review to provide a specified statistical analysis to the Legislature;

requiringamending thes. Commission on Offender Review to submit a specified statistical analysis to the Legislature;

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;

9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

SectionSubsection (2) of section 947.165, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

947.165 Objective parole guidelines.— (1)(2) TheAt least once a year, the commission shall developreview andthe implement objective parole guidelines whichand shallmake beany therevisions criteriaconsidered uponnecessary by virtue of statistical analysis of commission actions, which paroleanalysis decisionsuses areacceptable made.research and methodology.

TheUpon objectivecompletion paroleof guidelinesthe shallreview, bethe developedcommission accordingshall toprovide anthe acceptablestatistical researchanalysis methodto and shall be based on the seriousnessPresident of offensethe Senate and the likelihoodSpeaker of favorablethe paroleHouse outcome by identifying an inmate’s use of vocational,Representatives. education, and self-betterment programs and courses in the department.

TheSection guidelines2. shall require the commission to aggravate or aggregate each consecutive sentence in establishing the presumptive parole release date.

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If947.174 theSubsequent sentencinginterviews.— judge(3) filesThe department shall, within a writtenreasonable objectionamount 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 ofdate, anincluding, inmatebut asnot providedPage for1 inof s.2 CODING:

947.1745(6), such objection may be used by the commission as a basis to extend the presumptive parole release Page 1 of 2 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 964 24-01586-25604-03624-25 2025964__2025964c1 date.limited to, current progress reports, psychological reports, and disciplinary reports, as well as information regarding an inmate’s use of vocational training, substance abuse treatment, educational programs, and other self-betterment programs.

(2)The At least once a year, the commission shall review thesuch objectiveinformation parolein guidelinesdetermining andwhether maketo anymodify revisionsan consideredinmate’s necessarypresumptive byparole virtuerelease ofdate. statistical analysis of commission actions, which analysis uses acceptable research and methodology.

TheSection statistical3. analysis shall be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives upon completion.

Section 2.