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HB 55·FL·house

Treatment of Inmates

FailedFiled Sep 29, 2025
Sponsor: Dianne Hart-Lowman (D)
Latest Action

Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Mar 13, 2026

Summary

The bill creates a new statute listing inmate rights such as adequate ventilation, minimum meal times, emergency food supplies, and health products, and requires the department to give each inmate a written copy of these rights. It also updates the definition of a “permanently incapacitated inmate” for eligibility in a conditional medical release program. The measure failed in committee and did not become law.

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