Florida lawmakers are setting aside money to help alleviate the state's heavy clemency caseload — and speed up the process in which felons' rights can be restored.

Top House and Senate budget writers have agreed to provide $750,000 to the Florida Commission on Offender Review during the upcoming fiscal year to help with the investigative portion of the process that leads to decisions by the Board of Executive Clemency.

That money will help Gov. Ron DeSantis and Cabinet members, who act as the clemency board, to chip away at nearly 24,000 clemency cases that had not been resolved as of April 1.