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| Bill | Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators | Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators; Revising residency restrictions for persons convicted of certain sexual offenses occurring on or after a specified date; revising the prohibition of specified offenders from coming within a specified distance of a place where children congregate; requiring a person who has been convicted of specified offenses to provide notice to a school or child care facility under certain circumstances; authorizing the warrantless arrest of a person if a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe the person committed specified offenses, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | SB 212 | Florida SB 212 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-17 |
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Florida SB 212 (2026) — Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators
Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators; Revising residency restrictions for persons convicted of certain sexual offenses occurring on or after a specified date; revising the prohibition of specified offenders from coming within a specified distance of a place where children congregate; requiring a person who has been convicted of specified offenses to provide notice to a school or child care facility under certain circumstances; authorizing the warrantless arrest of a person if a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe the person committed specified offenses, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-17.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 212 Filed (filed) — source
- S 212 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 212 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- S 212 c3 (committee substitute) — source
- S 212 e1 (engrossed) — source
- S 212 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 31–6 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 103–9 (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 10–1 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 7–1 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 19–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Criminal Justice — primary (organization)
- Judiciary — primary (person)
- McClain — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (organization)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-10-16 Filed
filing - 2025-11-03 Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
referral-committee - 2026-01-13 Introduced
introduction - 2026-01-15 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2026-01-20 CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
- 2026-01-21 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2026-01-22 Now in Judiciary
- 2026-01-22 CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- 2026-02-05 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- 2026-02-10 CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 1
- 2026-02-12 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2026-02-12 Now in Rules
- 2026-02-12 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2026-02-17 CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 5
- 2026-02-18 CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- 2026-02-19 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-02-19 CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- 2026-02-23 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
- 2026-02-26 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-26 Amendment(s) adopted (786080)
- 2026-02-26 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-26 CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 6
passage - 2026-02-26 Immediately certified
- 2026-02-26 In Messages
- 2026-03-10 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-03-10 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- 2026-03-10 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
reading-1 - 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-11 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 103, NAYS 9
passage - 2026-03-17 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-04-01 Chapter No. 2026-17
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c3543e8-4039-4eb8-b37b-8af08996b1db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).