F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
HB 1635 2023
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to award of gain-time for time
3 incarcerated before sentencing; amending s. 944.275,
4 F.S.; providing for the award of basic gain-time for
5 periods of incarceration before sentence is imposed;
6 providing for awards for partial months; providing for
7 forfeiture; providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 944.275, Florida
12 Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (8), and a new subsection
13 (7) is added to that section, to read:
14 944.275 Gain-time.—
15 (7) The department shall grant basic gain-time at the rate
16 of 10 days for each month incarcerated before the imposition of
17 sentence credited in the prisoner's uniform judgment and
18 sentence form. Basic gain-time for a partial month shall be
19 prorated on the basis of a 30-day month. Gain-time accrued under
20 this subsection is subject to forfeiture pursuant to subsection
21 (5).
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
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