HB 613 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Prosecuting Children as Adults

Summary
Prosecuting Children as Adults; 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.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025
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Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
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Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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Dianne Hart-Lowman
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