Need all Congresses? Press Enter for expanded federal results.

HB 297

Florida House bill in Session 2026.

Status: failed. Latest action: January 7, 2026.

Criminal Rehabilitation.

Bill ID FL-2026-HB-297
Session 2026
Status failed
Committee Criminal Justice Subcommittee Referred to Judiciary Committee Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House failed 2026-01-07
Criminal Justice
Summary

Criminal Rehabilitation; Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 72 percent; revises provisions concerning gain-time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, & rehabilitation credits; provides for amounts to be awarded; revises limits on awards.

Sponsor
Hart-Lowman
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-11-03 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-01-07 Status failed
2026-01-07 Latest Action House - Withdrawn prior to introduction
More Bills From This Sponsor
HB 1181
Enforcement of School Attendance
failed • House
HB 55
Treatment of Inmates
failed • House
HB 59
Pregnant Women in Custody
failed • House
HB 61
Objective Parole Guidelines
failed • House
CS/HB 1267
Temporary Cash Assistance Eligibility
failed • House
HB 907
Incentive Gain-time
failed • House
More Bills In This Topic
CS/CS/HB 1471
Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations
enacted • House
CS/CS/HB 1159
Sexual Offenses
enacted • House
CS/CS/HB 445
Dangerous Crimes
enacted • House
CS/CS/HB 1153
Juvenile Justice
enacted • House
CS/HB 1113
Pub. Rec./Crime Victims
enacted • House
CS/SB 156
Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel
enrolled • Senate
Related Topics
Tax / Budget / Appropriations
16 shared bills
Government Operations
13 shared bills
Family / Children
11 shared bills
Education
10 shared bills
Labor / Employment
8 shared bills
Same Topic Bills From Other States
HB 4138
Relating to persons convicted of a crime
West Virginia • 2026RS • enacted
SB 167
An Act relating to eligibility of criminal offenders for certain benefits, including the permanent fund dividend; relating to a permanent fund dividend for an individual whose conviction has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed; and relating to the calculation of the value of the permanent fund dividend by including payment to individuals eligible for a permanent fund dividend because of a conviction that has been vacated, reversed, or dismissed.
Alaska • 34 • in_committee
SB 1421
Modifies provisions relating to the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft in certain areas
Missouri • 2026-R • in_committee
H.927
An act relating to technical corrections for the 2026 legislative session
Vermont • 2026 • in_committee
SF 3971
A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a psilocybin therapeutic use program; establishing protections for registered patients, designated cultivators, registered facilitators, and health care practitioners; authorizing rulemaking; authorizing civil actions; establishing fees; classifying data; establishing an advisory committee; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 152.
Minnesota • 2026 Regular • unknown
HB 60
Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty; bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions
Alabama • 2026RS • enacted