The Florida Senate

HB 281: Sentencing of Minors

GENERAL BILL by Seiler ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Greenstein

Sentencing of Minors; limits age at which minor convicted of offense punishable by death or life imprisonment may be sentenced as adult; requires that court commit child of specified age or younger to Juvenile Justice Dept. or to maximum-risk juvenile facility following child's conviction of offense that, if committed by adult, would be punishable by death or life imprisonment, etc. Amends 985.225,.233,.226,.227; creates 985.2335.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/12/2003	House	• Prefiled
  2/25/2003	House	• Referred to Juvenile Justice (PS); Public Safety & Crime Prevention; Judiciary; Public Safety Appropriations (AP); Appropriations
  3/4/2003	House	• Introduced, referred to Juvenile Justice (PS); Public Safety & Crime Prevention; Judiciary; Public Safety Appropriations (AP); Appropriations -HJ 00041
  5/2/2003	House	• Died in Committee on Juvenile Justice (PS)

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• HB 281, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/14/2003 at 12:06 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 72	Sentencing of Minors	Campbell	Identical	Last Action: 5/2/2003 S Died in Committee on Criminal Justice Location:

  Citations - Statutes (5)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  985.225	Indictment of a juvenile.
  985.226	Criteria for waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction; hearing on motion to transfer for prosecution as an adult.
  985.227	Prosecution of juveniles as adults by the direct filing of an information in the criminal division of the circuit court; discretionary criteria; mandatory criteria.
  985.233	Sentencing powers; procedures; alternatives for juveniles prosecuted as adults.
  985.2335

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