Sharing this piece I wrote for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange on Amendment 4 &11 implementing bills (at the time of writing, both bills had not been amended) https://t.co/pSKCDDLU6I
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Legislation (HB 195/SB 472) would help remove post-incarceration barriers for Floridians. The bill would ensure that credits earned from prison-based classes in Florida are recognized & counted toward licensing requirements. (1/5)
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NEW: State lawmakers could use clean energy incentives in the federal Inflation Reduction Act to help shore up $2.2 billion in urgent funding needed for repairs at Florida prisons, writes FPI's Tachana Joseph-Marc (@Tach_JM).
Latest analysis below 👇👇
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NEW: It's crucial that FL lawmakers implement heat protection standards for Florida workers, as FPI finds that more than 5.7 million Floridians are "highly vulnerable" to the extreme heat.
by Alexis Tsoukalas, PhD, and Adriana Sela 👇👇
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HB 133, has passed both houses of FL legislature— thank you @RepChambliss - our sponsor for FOUR years of this bill, it’s CHAMPION!! & big shout out to @Tach_JM , senior policy analyst at @FloridaPolicy, brains behind the policy proposal-reducing barriers to economic opportunity
The Florida Legislature is truly Florida Legislature'ing right now:
On one side of the Capitol, a House committee is hearing a bill to weaken child-labor laws.
On the other side, at the exact same time, a Senate committee is hearing a bill to prevent workplace-heat protections
As FPI’s Tachana Joseph-Marc has written, reforming FL’s occupational licensing policies would help people with criminal records participate in FL's economy & decrease the state’s re-arrest and recidivism rates, which would help save taxpayer $$. @Tach_JM
https://t.co/6vHVVAiRMw
Think tanks across the spectrum agree: arbitrary barriers to economic mobility embedded in Florida's occupational licensing system limit people's potential, are costly to the state & stoke recidivism rates.
👇Report from @FloridaPolicy & DeVoe Ctr @DMCFSU
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