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SB 216: Correctional Privatization

GENERAL BILL by Farmer

Correctional Privatization; Transferring the duties of the Department of Management Services concerning private correctional facilities to the Department of Corrections by a type two transfer; prohibiting an agency from entering into or renewing a contract with private correctional services after a specified date, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/14/2021 Senate • Filed
    9/21/2021 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 12
    1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 12
    3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Judiciary

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  • SB 216, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 9/14/2021 at 3:47 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Citations - Statutes (38)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    287.042 Powers, duties, and functions. Page 2 (pdf)
    287.0832 Page 2 (pdf)
    330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act. Page 3 (pdf)
    633.218 Inspections of state buildings and premises; tests of firesafety equipment; building plans to be approved. Page 4 (pdf)
    784.078 Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials. Page 5 (pdf)
    790.251 Protection of the right to keep and bear arms in motor vehicles for self-defense and other lawful purposes; prohibited acts; duty of public and private employers; immunity from liability; enforcement. Page 5 (pdf)
    800.09 Lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of an employee. Page 6 (pdf)
    943.053 Dissemination of criminal justice information; fees. Page 6 (pdf)
    943.133 Responsibilities of employing agency, commission, and program with respect to compliance with employment qualifications and the conduct of background investigations; injunctive relief. Page 7 (pdf)
    943.325 DNA database. Page 7 (pdf)
    944.023 Comprehensive correctional master plan. Page 8 (pdf)
    944.08 Commitment to custody of department; venue of institutions. Page 9 (pdf)
    944.105 Contractual arrangements with private entities for operation and maintenance of correctional facilities and supervision of inmates. Page 9 (pdf), Page 25 (pdf)
    944.115 Smoking prohibited inside state correctional facilities. Page 12 (pdf)
    944.17 Commitments and classification; transfers. Page 14 (pdf)
    944.35 Authorized use of force; malicious battery and sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties. Page 15 (pdf)
    944.7031 Eligible inmates released from private correctional facilities. Page 25 (pdf)
    944.710 Definitions of terms relating to private operation of state correctional facilities and s. 944.105. Page 25 (pdf)
    944.72 Privately Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. Page 25 (pdf)
    945.215 Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust funds. Page 16 (pdf)
    945.6041 Inmate medical services. Page 17 (pdf)
    946.5025 Authorization of corporation to enter into contracts. Page 18 (pdf)
    946.503 Definitions to be used with respect to correctional work programs. Page 18 (pdf)
    951.062 Contractual arrangements for operation and maintenance of county detention facilities. Page 25 (pdf)
    957.01 Short title. Page 26 (pdf)
    957.02 Definitions. Page 26 (pdf)
    957.04 Contract requirements. Page 19 (pdf), Page 26 (pdf)
    957.05 Requirements for contractors operating private correctional facilities. Page 26 (pdf)
    957.06 Powers and duties not delegable to contractor. Page 21 (pdf), Page 26 (pdf)
    957.07 Cost-saving requirements. Page 22 (pdf), Page 26 (pdf)
    957.08 Capacity requirements. Page 23 (pdf), Page 26 (pdf)
    957.09 Applicability of chapter to other provisions of law. Page 26 (pdf)
    957.11 Evaluation of costs and benefits of contracts. Page 26 (pdf)
    957.12 Prohibition on contact. Page 26 (pdf)
    957.13 Background checks. Page 26 (pdf)
    957.14 Contract termination and control of a correctional facility by the department. Page 23 (pdf), Page 26 (pdf)
    957.15 Funding of contracts for operation, maintenance, and lease-purchase of private correctional facilities. Page 24 (pdf), Page 26 (pdf)
    957.16 Expanding capacity. Page 25 (pdf), Page 26 (pdf)

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