SB 468/HB 113 - Increases Criminal Penalties for Nonviolent Offense

Increases criminal penalties for already illegal offenses from a misdemeanor up to 1 year in jail, to a third-degree felony and up to five years in prison. ACLU Florida opposes bills that unnecessarily increase sentence lengths and impose harsher penalties for actions that are already criminalized.

Increases criminal penalties for already illegal offenses from a misdemeanor up to 1 year in jail, to a third-degree felony and up to five years in prison. ACLU Florida opposes bills that unnecessarily increase sentence lengths and impose harsher penalties for actions that are already criminalized.