Bill > S1718

Introduced Session

An act relating to harm to minors; providing a short title; creating s. 501.173, F.S.; defining terms; requiring manufacturers of tablets or smartphones to manufacture, beginning on a specified date, such devices so that a filter meeting certain requirements is enabled upon activation of the device in this state; subjecting such manufacturers to civil and criminal liability for certain acts of noncompliance; providing applicability; providing civil liability for persons who enable a password to remove the required filter on a device in the possession of a minor under certain circumstances; authorizing the Attorney General to enjoin or bring certain actions, issue subpoenas, conduct hearings, and seek revocation of applicable licenses or certificates; providing damages; authorizing a parent or legal guardian to bring a civil action against certain parties who violate the act under certain circumstances; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 787.025, F.S.; increasing criminal penalties for adults who intentionally lure or entice, or who attempt to lure or entice, children under the age of 12 into a structure, dwelling, or conveyance for other than a lawful purpose; increasing criminal penalties for committing a second or subsequent offense; increasing criminal penalties for persons with specified previous convictions who commit such offense; creating s. 827.12, F.S.; defining the terms “inappropriate relationship” and “sexual excitement”; prohibiting persons who are of at least a specified age from knowingly engaging in any communication that is part of a pattern of communication or behavior that meets specified criteria; prohibiting persons who are of at least a specified age from knowingly using specified devices to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice minors to, or attempt to, share specified images or recorded images; providing criminal penalties; providing enhanced criminal penalties; providing applicability; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking offenses on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; amending ss. 943.0435, 944.606, and 944.607, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “sexual offender”; reenacting ss. 61.13(2)(c) and (9)(c), 68.07(3)(i) and (6), 92.55(1)(b), 98.0751(2)(b), 394.9125(2), 397.487(10)(b), 435.07(4)(b), 775.0862(2), 900.05(2)(cc), 903.046(2)(m), 903.133, 907.043(4)(b), 921.1425(7)(d), 934.255(2)(a), 938.10(1), 943.0584(2), 943.0595(2)(a), 944.607(4)(a) and (9), 947.1405(12), 948.013(2)(b), 948.05(2)(f), 948.30(4), 985.4815(9), and 1012.467(2)(b), F.S., relating to support of children, parenting and time-sharing, and powers of court; change of name; special protections in proceedings involving a victim or witness younger than 18 years of age, a person with an intellectual disability, or a sexual offense victim; restoration of voting rights and termination of ineligibility subsequent to a felony conviction; state attorneys and the authority to refer a person for civil commitment; voluntary certification of recovery residences; exemptions from disqualification; sexual offenses against students by authority figures and reclassification; criminal justice data collection; purpose of and criteria for bail determination; bail on appeal, prohibited for certain felony convictions; pretrial release and citizens’ right to know; sentences of death or life imprisonment for capital sexual battery and further proceedings to determine sentence; subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses; additional court cost imposed in cases of certain crimes; criminal history records ineligible for court-ordered expunction or court-ordered sealing; automatic sealing of criminal history records and confidentiality of related court records; notification to the Department of Law Enforcement of information on sexual offenders; conditional release program; administrative probation; court to admonish or commend probationer or offender in community control and graduated incentives; additional terms and conditions of probation or community control for certain sex offenses; notification to the department of information on juvenile sexual offenders; and noninstructional contractors who are permitted access to school grounds when students are present and background screening requirements, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 944.608(7), F.S., relating to notification to the department of information on career offenders, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 943.0435(3) and (4)(a), F.S., relating to sexual offenders required to register with the department and penalties, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 944.606 and 944.607, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 320.02(4), 322.141(3), 322.19(1) and (2), 775.13(4), 775.21(5)(d), (6)(f), and (10)(d), 775.261(3)(b), 948.06(4), and 948.063, F.S., relating to registration required, applications for registration, and forms; color or markings of certain licenses or identification cards; change of address or name; registration of convicted felons, exemptions, and penalties; the Florida Sexual Predators Act; the Florida Career Offender Registration Act; violation of probation or community control, revocation, modification, continuance, and failure to pay restitution or cost of supervision; and violations of probation or community control by designated sexual offenders and sexual predators, respectively, to incorporate the amendments made by this act to ss. 943.0435 and 944.607, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 775.24(2), 775.25, 943.0436(2), 948.31, and 985.04(6)(b), F.S., relating to the duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders; prosecutions for acts or omissions; the duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders; evaluation and treatment of sexual predators and offenders on probation or community control; and oaths, records, and confidential information, respectively, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 943.0435, 944.606, and 944.607, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Blaise Ingoglia (R)*, 

Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 777 (Ch. 2025-132) (on 06/16/2025)

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