FloridaFlorida directs facility repair fees to an inmate welfare fund
The law directs maintenance and repair deduction fees from contractor-run correctional facilities into a fund for inmate reentry programs and facility health improvements, subject to lawmakers’ spending approval.
What it does
Maintenance and repair deduction fees from contractor-run correctional facilities go into an inmate welfare fund. Lawmakers must approve spending for reentry programs or facility health improvements.
Argument forUsing the fund for facility health improvements and programs that help inmates return to society could support safer conditions and reentry.
Argument againstBecause the fund can be spent only after lawmakers approve it, facility improvements or reentry programs could be delayed while they await approval.
More detail
Maintenance and repair deduction fees from contractor-run correctional facilities go into the Contractor-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. The fees come from contractor-operated correctional facilities. The fund may be spent only with legislative appropriation, or lawmakers’ approval to spend the money. The law took effect July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 26Chapter No. 2026-111Latest
- May 22Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- May 21Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 5Ordered enrolledMinor
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 5In Messages
- Mar 5CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Mar 5Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 5Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 5ReceivedMinor
- Mar 5Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1012
- Mar 5Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Mar 5Withdrawn from RulesMajor
- Mar 5Referred to RulesMinor
- Mar 5In Messages
- Mar 5CS passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 0Passed House
- Mar 5Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 5Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Mar 5Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 2Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- Mar 2Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Mar 2Bill referred to House Calendar
- Feb 261st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26CS FiledMinor
- Feb 26Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)Minor
- Feb 26Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- Feb 26Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services CommitteeMinor
- Feb 24Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- Feb 18Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- Feb 18Referred to Health & Human Services CommitteeMinor
- Feb 171st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)Minor
- Feb 17CS FiledMinor
- Feb 17Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)Minor
- Feb 17Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee
- Feb 16Favorable with CS by Justice Budget Subcommittee(Amended)Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable With Committee Substitute (Justice Budget Subcommittee). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 29Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee
- Jan 29Referred to Health & Human Services CommitteeMinor
- Jan 29Referred to Justice Budget SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 281st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28CS FiledMinor
- Jan 28Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)Minor
- Jan 28Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Jan 28Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 26Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 131st Reading (Original Filed Version)Minor
- Jan 12Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Jan 12Referred to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Jan 12Referred to Justice Budget SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 12Referred to Criminal Justice SubcommitteeMinor
- 2025
- Dec 29FiledIntroduced
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