Fla. Stat. 947.18
Conditions of parole

No person shall be placed on parole merely as a reward for good conduct or efficient performance of duties assigned in prison. No person shall be placed on parole until and unless the commission finds that there is reasonable probability that, if the person is placed on parole, he or she will live and conduct himself or herself as a respectable and law-abiding person and that the person’s release will be compatible with his or her own welfare and the welfare of society. No person shall be placed on parole unless and until the commission is satisfied that he or she will be suitably employed in self-sustaining employment or that he or she will not become a public charge. The commission shall determine the terms upon which such person shall be granted parole. If the person’s conviction was for a controlled substance violation, one of the conditions must be that the person submit to random substance abuse testing intermittently throughout the term of supervision, upon the direction of the correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3). In addition to any other lawful condition of parole, the commission may make the payment of the debt due and owing to the state under s. 960.17 or the payment of the attorney’s fees and costs due and owing to the state under s. 938.29 a condition of parole subject to modification based on change of circumstances. If the person’s conviction was for a crime that was found to have been committed for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang, one of the conditions must be that the person be prohibited from knowingly associating with other criminal gang members or associates, except as authorized by law enforcement officials, prosecutorial authorities, or the court, for the purpose of aiding in the investigation of criminal activity.

Source: Section 947.18 — Conditions of parole, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0947.­18 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

947.01
Florida Commission on Offender Review 947.001
Short title 947.02
Florida Commission on Offender Review 947.002
Intent 947.03
Commissioners 947.04
Organization of commission 947.05
Seal 947.005
Definitions 947.06
Meeting 947.07
Rules 947.10
Business and political activity upon part of members and full-time employees of commission 947.11
Legal adviser 947.12
Members, employees, expenses 947.13
Powers and duties of commission 947.15
Reports 947.16
Eligibility for parole 947.18
Conditions of parole 947.19
Terms of parole 947.20
Rules of commission 947.21
Violations of parole 947.021
Florida Commission on Offender Review 947.22
Authority to arrest parole violators with or without warrant 947.23
Action of commission upon arrest of parolee 947.24
Discharge from parole supervision or release supervision 947.26
Cooperation of custodian of prisoner 947.045
Federal Grants Trust Fund 947.071
Rulemaking procedures 947.135
Mutual participation program 947.141
Violations of conditional release, control release, or conditional medical release or addiction-recovery supervision 947.146
Control Release Authority 947.147
Victim restitution as condition of control release 947.149
Conditional medical release 947.165
Objective parole guidelines 947.168
Consideration for persons serving parole-eligible and parole-ineligible sentences 947.172
Establishment of presumptive parole release date 947.173
Review of presumptive parole release date 947.174
Subsequent interviews 947.181
Fines, fees, restitution, or other costs ordered to be paid as conditions of parole 947.185
Application for intellectual disability services as condition of parole 947.1405
Conditional release program 947.1745
Establishment of effective parole release date 947.1746
Establishment of effective parole release date 947.1747
Community control as a special condition of parole

Current through Fall 2025

§ 947.18. Conditions of parole's source at flsenate​.gov