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Introduced
09/25/2025
09/25/2025
In Committee
02/25/2026
02/25/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/13/2026
03/13/2026
Introduced Session
2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to sexual offenders and sexual predators; amending s. 775.215, F.S.; defining the term "public swimming pool"; revising residency restrictions for persons convicted of certain sexual offenses occurring on or after a specified date; providing penalties; providing applicability; defining the term "permanent residence"; amending s. 856.022, F.S.; revising the distance required for a specified offender to commit a specified offense of loitering or prowling; prohibiting such offender from knowingly contacting, communicating with, or approaching with the intent to contact or communicate with certain children at certain locations; providing an exception; requiring such offender to provide notice to a school or child care facility under certain circumstances; providing definitions; amending s. 901.15, F.S.; authorizing the warrantless arrest of a person if a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that such person has committed specified offenses; amending s. 943.04351, F.S.; revising requirements for the search of sexual predator or sexual offender registration information by a state agency or governmental subdivision before appointing or employing a person to work at specified locations; hb45-02-c2 amending s. 947.1405, F.S.; revising special conditions for certain sexual offenders subject to conditional release supervision for offenses committed on or after a specified date; amending s. 948.30, F.S.; revising conditions of probation or community control for certain sexual offenders for offenses committed on or after a specified date; providing an effective date.
AI Summary
This bill, effective July 1, 2026, revises residency restrictions for individuals convicted of certain sex offenses, notably expanding the definition of a "public swimming pool" and increasing the buffer zone around schools, parks, playgrounds, and these pools to 1,000 feet for those convicted of offenses against victims under 16 years old. It also modifies loitering and prowling laws for certain offenders, increasing the proximity restriction to children to 500 feet and prohibiting contact or communication with children in parks, playgrounds, or public swimming pools, with exceptions for family members and specific notification requirements for presence at child care facilities or schools. Furthermore, the bill authorizes warrantless arrests for violations of these new contact and presence restrictions, mandates background checks for individuals working at locations where children congregate, and imposes new conditions for those on conditional release, probation, or community control, including residency and employment restrictions related to public swimming pools.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (16)
Doug Bankson (R)*,
Rachel Plakon (R)*,
Jessica Baker (R),
Webster Barnaby (R),
Fabián Basabe (R),
Yvette Benarroch (R),
Dean Black (R),
James Buchanan (R),
Ryan Chamberlin (R),
Peggy Gossett-Seidman (R),
Berny Jacques (R),
Kim Kendall (R),
Juan Porras (R),
Kevin Steele (R),
Chase Tramont (R),
Meg Weinberger (R),
Other Sponsors (2)
Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House), Judiciary Committee (House)
Last Action
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/SB 212 (on 03/11/2026)
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