Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1762: Criminal Justice Commission
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Creating the commission within the Department of Corrections; specifying the purpose of the commission; providing for membership of the commission; specifying terms of commission members; requiring the commission to take specified actions; providing reporting requirements; authorizing the commission to take specified actions, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Criminal Justice Commission; creating s. 945.231, F.S.; creating the commission within the Department of Corrections; specifying the purpose of the commission; providing for membership of the commission; specifying terms of commission members; requiring the commission to take specified actions; providing reporting requirements; authorizing the commission to take specified actions; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, January 13, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Criminal Justice Commission; creating s. 945.231, F.S.; creating the commission within the Department of Corrections; specifying the purpose of the commission; providing for membership of the commission; specifying terms of commission members; requiring the commission to take specified actions; providing reporting requirements; authorizing the commission to take specified actions; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, in 2023, this state spent $2.3 million on a report to develop a master plan for the state prison system, and WHEREAS, the state-commissioned KPMG Master Plan Report analyzed this state's correctional system and suggested ways to improve it over the next 20 years, and WHEREAS, the report recommended numerous areas for improvement, including addressing workforce shortages and planning for improved correctional facilities, and WHEREAS, the report also recommended that this state create a criminal justice commission modeled after those in existence in other states, and WHEREAS, though several steps have been taken in addressing concerns raised in the report, the creation of a state criminal justice commission may help facilitate further positive reforms to the state's correctional system, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 945.231, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 945.231 Criminal Justice Commission.-- (1) There is created the Criminal Justice Commission. The commission …
Sponsors
- Rouson, Darryl (D, SD-016) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Criminal Justice
- : Introduced
- : Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
- : Filed
Subjects: Fiscal Policy, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Criminal Justice
Common questions
- What is S1762?
- S1762 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Criminal Justice Commission.
- What does S1762 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the Criminal Justice Commission; creating s. 945.231, F.S.; creating the commission within the Department of Corrections; specifying the purpose of the commission; providing for membership of the commission; specifying terms of commission members; requiring the commission to take specified actions; providing reporting requirements; authorizing the commission to take specified actions; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of S1762?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Criminal Justice (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1762?
- Rouson, Darryl (D, SD-016).
- Where is the official record for S1762?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1762
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