Senate Bill 1278 (2024) - The Florida Senate

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CS/SB 1278: Department of Corrections

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice ; Martin

Department of Corrections; Providing additional authority for law enforcement officers of the office of the inspector general concerning department and contractor-operated correctional facilities; providing that correctional privatization contracts are not exempt from specified state contracting provisions unless otherwise specified; renaming the term “private correctional facility” as “contractor-operated correctional facility”; renaming the term “private correctional officer” as “contractor-employed correctional officer”; deleting provisions concerning development of consensus per diem rates by the Prison Per-Diem Workgroup, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 3/5/2024 Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1337 -SJ 723
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Senate Committee References:

Criminal Justice (CJ)
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
Fiscal Policy (FP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/4/2024	Senate	• Filed
1/10/2024	Senate	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy • Introduced
1/18/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/23/24, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/23/2024	Senate	• Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
1/24/2024	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2/5/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/08/24, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2/8/2024	Senate	• CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
2/12/2024	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Fiscal Policy
2/13/2024	Senate	• CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
2/19/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/22/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/22/2024	Senate	• Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
2/23/2024	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
3/1/2024	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/24
3/5/2024	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 722 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1337 -SJ 723 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1337 -SJ 723

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1337 (er)	Department of Corrections	Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 4/12/2024 Chapter No. 2024-84

Version	Posted	Format
S 1278 Filed	1/4/2024 8:10 AM	Web Page \| PDF
S 1278 c1	2/12/2024 3:30 PM	Web Page \| PDF

S 1278 Filed
Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
685438 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Martin)	2/6/2024 10:39 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/9/2024	Web Page PDF

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	S 1278	Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting)	1/22/2024 12:35 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1278	Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting)	1/23/2024 6:27 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1278	Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting)	2/7/2024 1:03 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1278	Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting)	2/12/2024 3:03 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1278	Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting)	2/20/2024 2:11 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1278	Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting)	2/23/2024 1:16 PM	PDF

Version	Committee	Date	Result
S 1278 Filed	Criminal Justice	1/23/2024 1:00 PM	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 1278 Filed	Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice	2/8/2024 2:00 PM	10 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 1278 c1	Fiscal Policy	2/22/2024 12:00 PM	16 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (52)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
330.41	Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act.	Page 12 (pdf)
553.865	Private spaces.	Page 13 (pdf)
633.218	Inspections of state buildings and premises; tests of firesafety equipment; building plans to be approved.	Page 14 (pdf)
775.21	The Florida Sexual Predators Act.	Page 15 (pdf)
775.261	The Florida Career Offender Registration Act.	Page 18 (pdf)
784.078	Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials.	Page 20 (pdf)
800.09	Lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of an employee.	Page 20 (pdf)
943.0435	Sexual offenders required to register with the department; penalty.	Page 21 (pdf)
943.13	Officers’ minimum qualifications for employment or appointment.	Page 26 (pdf)
943.325	DNA database.	Page 28 (pdf)
944.105	Contractual arrangements with private entities for operation and maintenance of correctional facilities and supervision of inmates.	Page 29 (pdf)
944.151	Safe operation and security of correctional institutions and facilities.	Page 30 (pdf)
944.17	Commitments and classification; transfers.	Page 32 (pdf)
944.31	Inspector general; inspectors; power and duties.	Page 2 (pdf)
944.35	Authorized use of force; malicious battery and sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties.	Page 32 (pdf)
944.40	Escapes; penalty.	Page 34 (pdf)
944.605	Inmate release; notification; identification card.	Page 34 (pdf)
944.606	Sexual offenders; notification upon release.	Page 36 (pdf)
944.607	Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on sexual offenders.	Page 38 (pdf)
944.608	Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on career offenders.	Page 42 (pdf)
944.609	Career offenders; notification upon release.	Page 43 (pdf)
944.7031	Eligible inmates released from private correctional facilities.	Page 44 (pdf)
944.710	Definitions of terms relating to private operation of state correctional facilities and s. 944.105.	Page 5 (pdf)
944.714	Quality assurance and standards of operation.	Page 45 (pdf)
944.715	Delegation of authority.	Page 46 (pdf)
944.716	Contract termination and control of a correctional facility by the department.	Page 47 (pdf)
944.717	Conflicts of interest.	Page 48 (pdf)
944.718	Withdrawal of request for proposals.	Page 48 (pdf)
944.719	Adoption of rules, monitoring, and reporting.	Page 48 (pdf)
944.72	Privately Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund.	Page 49 (pdf)
944.801	Education for state prisoners.	Page 50 (pdf)
944.803	Faith- and character-based programs.	Page 50 (pdf)
945.10	Confidential information.	Page 51 (pdf)
945.215	Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust funds.	Page 52 (pdf)
945.6041	Inmate medical services.	Page 53 (pdf)
946.5025	Authorization of corporation to enter into contracts.	Page 54 (pdf)
946.503	Definitions to be used with respect to correctional work programs.	Page 54 (pdf)
951.062	Contractual arrangements for operation and maintenance of county detention facilities.	Page 55 (pdf)
951.063	Privately operated county correctional facilities.	Page 55 (pdf)
957.04	Contract requirements.	Page 6 (pdf)
957.05	Requirements for contractors operating private correctional facilities.	Page 55 (pdf)
957.06	Powers and duties not delegable to contractor.	Page 57 (pdf)
957.07	Cost-saving requirements.	Page 9 (pdf)
957.08	Capacity requirements.	Page 57 (pdf)
957.09	Applicability of chapter to other provisions of law.	Page 57 (pdf)
957.12	Prohibition on contact.	Page 11 (pdf)
957.13	Background checks.	Page 58 (pdf)
957.14	Contract termination and control of a correctional facility by the department.	Page 58 (pdf)
957.15	Funding of contracts for operation, maintenance, and lease-purchase of private correctional facilities.	Page 11 (pdf)
960.001	Guidelines for fair treatment of victims and witnesses in the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems.	Page 59 (pdf)
985.481	Sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; notification upon release.	Page 60 (pdf)
985.4815	Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on juvenile sexual offenders.	Page 62 (pdf)

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