Florida · House Bill 613 · 2025 Regular Session

Prosecuting Children as Adults

HB 613 Sponsored by Hart Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 13, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 19, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Prohibits jail or other adult facility from holding child w transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before hearing to determine if child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless hearing waived; removes requirement for state attorney to request court to transfer & certify child for prosecution as adult or to provide written reasons to court for not making such request; removes references to state…

Read the full title (105 words)

Prohibits jail or other adult facility from holding child w transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before hearing to determine if child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless hearing waived; removes requirement for state attorney to request court to transfer & certify child for prosecution as adult or to provide written reasons to court for not making such request; removes references to state attorney's discretion to direct file juvenile; revises discretionary direct file criteria; provides for due process evidentiary hearing before judge upon filing by state attorney of information transferring child to adult court; provides requirements for order to transfer to adult court.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee
  4. CommitteeNow in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  5. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  6. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  7. CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • H Hart Primary sponsor

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.