Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1456
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/13/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Avila) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 420 and 421
    4  insert:
    5         Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
    6  985.26, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         985.26 Length of detention.—
    8         (2)
    9         (b) Upon good cause being shown that the nature of the
   10  charge requires additional time for the prosecution or defense
   11  of the case or that the totality of the circumstances, including
   12  the preservation of public safety, warrants an extension, the
   13  court may extend the length of secure detention care for up to
   14  an additional 21 days if the child is charged with an offense
   15  which, if committed by an adult, would be a capital felony, a
   16  life felony, a felony of the first degree or the second degree,
   17  or a felony of the third degree involving violence against any
   18  individual, or any other offense involving the possession or use
   19  of a firearm. The court may continue to extend the period of
   20  secure detention care in increments of up to 21 days each by
   21  conducting a hearing before the expiration of the current period
   22  to determine the need for continued secure detention of the
   23  child. At the hearing, the court must make the required findings
   24  in writing to extend the period of secure detention. If the
   25  court extends the time period for secure detention care, it
   26  shall ensure an adjudicatory hearing for the case commences as
   27  soon as is reasonably possible considering the totality of the
   28  circumstances. The court shall prioritize the efficient
   29  disposition of cases in which the child has served 60 or more
   30  days in secure detention care.
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   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete line 29
   35  and insert:
   36         specified hearing; amending s. 985.26, F.S.;
   37         authorizing a court to extend the length of secure
   38         detention when a juvenile is charged with an offense
   39         involving the possession or use of a firearm; amending
   40         s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking