Senate Bill 412 (2026) — Filed
SB 412
Florida Bills
Florida Senate - 2026 SB 412 By Senator Bernard 24-00486A-26 2026412__ Page 1 of 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to parole; amending s. 947.165, F.S.; 2 requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to 3 provide a specified statistical analysis to the 4 Legislature; amending s. 947.174, F.S.; requiring the 5 Department of Corrections to provide specified 6 information to the commission; requiring the 7 commission to review specified information in certain 8 circumstances; providing an effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12
Section 1. Subsection (2) of
section 947.165, Florida 13 Statutes, is amended to read: 14 947.165 Objective parole guidelines.— 15
(2) At least once a year, the commission shall review the 16 objective parole guidelines and make any revisions considered 17 necessary by virtue of statistical analysis of commission 18 actions, which analysis uses acceptable research and 19 methodology. Upon completion of the review, the commission shall 20 provide the statistical analysis to the President of the Senate 21 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 22
Section 2. Subsection (3) of
section 947.174, Florida 23 Statutes, is amended to read: 24 947.174 Subsequent interviews.— 25
(3) The department shall, within a reasonable amount of 26 time, make available and bring to the attention of the 27 commission such information as is deemed important to the review 28 of the presumptive parole release date, including, but not 29 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 412 24-00486A-26 2026412__ Page 2 of 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. limited to, current progress reports, psychological reports, and 30 disciplinary reports, as well as information regarding an 31 inmate’s use of vocational training, substance abuse treatment, 32 educational programs, and other self-betterment programs.
The 33 commission shall review such information in determining whether 34 to modify an inmate’s presumptive parole release date. 35