Parole

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how often or in what format the Department of Corrections must share inmate information with the commission, nor does it specify consequences for non-compliance.

Parole Changes

This bill requires the Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide yearly statistical analysis about parole decisions to the Legislature and mandates the Department of Corrections to share important inmate information with the commission for reviewing presumptive parole release dates.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Florida Commission on Offender Review to give yearly statistical analysis about parole decisions to the Senate President and House Speaker.
• Tells the Department of Corrections to share important inmate information with the commission for reviewing presumptive parole release dates.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Florida Commission on Offender Review
• The Department of Corrections

Terms To Know

Statistical analysis

Numbers and patterns used to understand how often parole is granted or denied.

Presumptive parole release date

The planned date when an inmate might be released on parole, based on guidelines.

Limits and Unknowns

• It does not specify what happens if the required information is not provided.
• It does not say how often or in what format the Department of Corrections must share inmate information with the commission.

Official Summary Text

Parole; Requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide a specified statistical analysis to the Legislature; requiring the Department of Corrections to provide specified information to the commission; requiring the commission to review specified information in certain circumstances, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
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2026

SB 412

By
Senator Bernard

24-00486A-26 2026412__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to parole; amending s. 947.165, F.S.;
3 requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to
4 provide a specified statistical analysis to the
5 Legislature; amending s. 947.174, F.S.; requiring the
6 Department of Corrections to provide specified
7 information to the commission; requiring the
8 commission to review specified information in certain
9 circumstances; providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 947.165, Florida
14 Statutes, is amended to read:
15 947.165 Objective parole guidelines.—
16 (2) At least once a year, the commission shall review the
17 objective parole guidelines and make any revisions considered
18 necessary by virtue of statistical analysis of commission
19 actions, which analysis uses acceptable research and
20 methodology.
Upon completion of the review, the commission shall

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provide the statistical analysis to the President of the Senate

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and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

23 Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 947.174, Florida
24 Statutes, is amended to read:
25 947.174 Subsequent interviews.—
26 (3) The department shall, within a reasonable amount of
27 time, make available and bring to the attention of the
28 commission such information as is deemed important to the review
29 of the presumptive parole release date, including, but not
30 limited to, current progress reports, psychological reports, and
31 disciplinary reports
, as well as information regarding an

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inmate’s use of vocational training, substance abuse treatment,

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educational programs, and other self-betterment programs
. T
he

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commission shall review such information in determining whether

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to modify an inmate’s presumptive parole release date
.
36 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.