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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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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.

  1. S 212 Filed (filed) — source
  2. S 212 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. S 212 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. S 212 c3 (committee substitute) — source
  5. S 212 e1 (engrossed) — source
  6. S 212 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third Reading — 316 (pass) · upper
  • Passage, Third Reading — 1039 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute — 101 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute — 71 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute — 195 (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).