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Legislation Tracking - 2020 Session

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Below are the key bills that pertain to justice reform issues that have been filed thus far for Florida's 2020 Legislative Session, and are being tracked by FCAJ. Each listing is a link connecting to the bill's corresponding webpage hosted by the Florida House or Senate. Follow each link for a bill description and information on the bill's current status. 




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SB 98 - Medical Marijuana Identification Cards for Service-disabled Veterans

SB 104 - Services for Veterans and Their Families

SB 120 - Naloxone in Schools

HB 315 - Enforcement of School Attendance [mental health days]

HB 339 - Drug Trafficking Offenses​

​CS/SB 346 - Criminal Justice

SB 468 - Mandatory Sentences

HB 531 - Treatment of Inmates

SB 550 - Sentencing

SB 552 - Sentencing

SB 554 - Sentencing

CS/SB 556 - Inmate Conditional Medical Release

CS/SB 572: Release from Imprisonment

CS/SB 574 - Conditional Aging Inmate Release

SB 578 - Juvenile Justice

SB 616 - Background Screening [banning the box]

HB 645 - Qualifying Medical Conditions for Medical Use of Marijuana

HB 687 - Services for Veterans and Their Families

SB 720 - Medical Use of Marijuana in Schools

SB 750 - Victims of Reform School Abuse

SB 762 - Inmate Confinement

HB 837 - Inmate Conditional Release

SB 902 - Sentencing

SB 938 - Death Penalty

SB 962 - Medical Marijuana Employee Protection

SB 1062 - Involuntary Examinations of Minors

HB 1083 - Involuntary Examinations of Minors

HB 1125 - Jury Duty

SB 1144 - Department of Juvenile Justice

SB 1274 - Qualifying Medical Conditions for Medical Use of Marijuana

SB 1308 - Criminal Justice

SB 1354 - Statewide Voter Registration Application

SB 1396 - Driving Under the Influence

SB 1716 - Sentencing

HB 4195 - 211 Palm Beach Treasure Coast - South Florida Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention Outreach Project

HB 4861 - Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital - Pediatric Alternative to Opioid Treatment​

HB 6045 - Death Penalty

HB 9093 - University of Central Florida - UCF Restores PTSD Clinic

​HB 9095 - Heart of Florida United Way Orlando United Assistance Center (Heart of FL Pulse)

Legislation Archive

Legislation Recap - 2019 Session
Legislation Recap - 2018 Session
Legislation Recap - 2017 Session
Legislation Recap - 2016 Session
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News reports covering current hot topics in justice reform

Legal Marijuana & State Revenue
January 8, 2020

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​FL House, Senate, Chamber of Commerce, others oppose adult-use marijuana proposal - Bradenton Herald, 1/7/2020
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Lori Berman, Tina Polsky push measure aimed at protecting employees who use medical marijuana [FL] - Florida Politics, 1/7/2020

Would recreational pot be good for Florida? - Opinion - Treasure Coast Newspapers / Tallahassee Democrat, 1/1/2020

Recreational marijuana advocates sue for more time to collect ballot signatures [FL] - The News Service of Florida / Orlando Weekly, 12/31/2019

6 states that could legalize marijuana sales in 2020 [Incl. FL] - U.S. News & World Report, 12/31/2019

Jimmy Buffett backs Make It Legal Florida marijuana petition driven - Orlando Sentinel / MSN, 12/21/2019

Ashley Moody argues against pot legalization initiative [FL] - Florida Politics, 12/20/2019

Federal pot law key in Florida license fight - The News Service of Florida / Leesburg Daily Commercial, 12/19/2019

Florida House defends marijuana law in state supreme court in high-stakes case - The News Service of Florida / Orlando Weekly, 12/18/2019

Florida petition to legalize marijuana dies from lack of signatures - Broward Palm Beach New Times, 12/17/2019

Bobby Powell joins push to allow medical marijuana treatment for those with sickle cell disease [FL] - Florida Politics, 12/17/2019

Trulieve opens third Orlando dispensary [FL] - Florida Politics, 12/16/2019

How will Leon County 'accept pot in schools?' [FL] - Tallahassee Democrat, 12/16/2019

Governor Ron DeSantis administration fights pot ruling [FL] - The News Service of Florida / WFOR-TV, 12/11/2019

Cannabis caution narrative from traveling experts in [Florida] House panel - Florida Politics, 12/11/2019

‘Green rush’ investors turn skittish [FL] - The News Service of Florida / Florida Politics, 12/11/2019

Florida medical board questions the small number of doctors approving marijuana for patients - The News Service of Florida / Orlando Weekly, 12/6/2019

ALJ orders State to pay legal fees in medical pot dispute [FL] - The News Service of Florida / Law.com, Daily Business Review, 12/6/2019

DOH taps investigator to direct Office of Medical Marijuana Use [FL] - Sunburn, Florida Politics, 12/2/2019

Miami-Dade stopped prosecuting minor pot charges, but cops keep making arrests anyway [FL] - Miami New Times, 11/26/2019

Opposition group forms to defeat recreational cannabis push in Florida - Florida Politics, 11/23/2019

Matt Gaetz to Kellyanne Conway over marijuana legalization: 'OK, boomer' [US, FL] - The Hill, 11/23/2019

Medical pot protections [FL] - Takeaways from Tallahassee, Florida Politics, 11/23/2019

Florida Supreme Court punts on Joe Redner’s home-grow cannabis case, ending the strip club owner’s fight - Florida Politics, 11/23/2019

Florida medical patients really like their smokable marijuana - The News Service of Florida / Orlando Weekly, 11/20/2019

The push for recreational cannabis in Florida remains on target for the 2020 election - Florida Phoenix, 11/20/2019

MedMen medical marijuana dispensary opens in Midtown [FL] - Tallahassee Democrat, 11/20/2019

Florida marijuana measures drawing attention from wary lawmakers - Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 11/17/2019

Illegal marijuana farms on public land create environmental hazard [CA] - The Associated Press / The Washington Times, 11/17/2019

Make It Legal Florida’s adult-use pot amendment reaches key hurdle - Florida Politics, 11/13/2019

Florida medical marijuana use doubles in just one year - WFOR-TV, 11/12/2019

Janet Cruz, Adam Hattersley propose free medical marijuana ID cards for veterans [FL] - Florida Politics, 11/11/2019

Florida marijuana: Signatures piling up for pot initiative - The News Service of Florida / Northwest Florida Daily News, 11/8/2019

Medical marijuana for children allowed, just no smoking in school [FL] - Tallahassee Democrat, 11/7/2019

Florida’s legalize marijuana petitions are short on signatures and time - Orlando Sentinel, 11/7/2019

‘Reefer madness,’ indeed: Doctor tells [Florida] House panel marijuana linked to psychosis - Florida Politics, 11/6/219

FAMU cannabis program reports $1.46M in spending [FL] - Politico, 11/6/2019

FL patients hard-pressed to find smokable medical pot as demand increases - Miami Herald, 11/4/2019

[Florida] Senate bill would protect medical marijuana patients in schools - Florida Politics, 11/4/2019

Despite federal law, Lawrence Keefe says he won’t go after medical marijuana [FL] - Florida Politics, 10/24/2019

Weed worries [FL] - Takeaways from Tallahassee, Florida Politics, 10/19/2019

Colorado’s former ‘cannabis czar’ discusses pot legalization before [Florida] House panel - Florida Politics, 10/16/2019

Before [Florida] House panel, critics raises alarm over legalizing ‘adult use’ of marijuana - Florida Politics, 10/15/2019

Marijuana civil citation program fails on tie after commissioner calls into meeting [FL] - WFSU-FM, 10/15/2019

Maine set to begin legal marijuana sales in March 2020 - The Associated Press / MarketWatch, 10/7/2019

D.C. sued over medical marijuana policies for district employees - WAMU-FM, 10/4/2019

‘Make it Legal’ adult-use pot initiative already has 100K signatures [FL] - Florida Politics, 10/3/2019

Marijuana in Florida: This bud's for us - Florida Trend, 9/25/2019
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