# Florida SB 1710: Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsperson

Florida SB 1710, Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsperson, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Carlos Guillermo Smith (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died in Criminal Justice) (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1710-2026
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1710
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsperson
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-09
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died in Criminal Justice
- Sponsor: Carlos Guillermo Smith (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Carlos Guillermo Smith (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (4)

- 2026-03-13: Died in Criminal Justice (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-16: Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-01-09: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- Filed, 2026-03-13: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1710/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1710/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed)
- HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed)

## Sources
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1710/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1710/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026)
- [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1710-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).