Florida Senate Panels To Look At Prisons, Amendment 1

January 5, 2015

In their initial meetings leading up to the 2015 legislative session, Senate committees will gather the week of January 5 to discuss issues such as reforming the Department of Corrections and carrying out a constitutional amendment about environmental preservation.

Committees will meet over four days, starting January 5 and ending January 8, according to a calendar posted on the Senate website.

While many of the meetings will be largely introductory, senators will delve into issues such as possible changes in the prison system, which has been dogged recently by questions about inmate deaths and alleged wrongdoing by corrections officers. The Senate Criminal Justice Committee on January 5 is scheduled to hear three presentations about the Department of Corrections, including a presentation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement dealing with investigations of inmate deaths.

Later in the week, the Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee is scheduled to hear a presentation about a ballot initiative known as Amendment 1, which voters approved in the November. The amendment, which the committee will take up January 7, will require the state to dedicate a portion of real-estate tax revenue over the next 20 years for land and water projects.

by The News Service of Florida

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