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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to domestic abuser registration; 2
creating s. 943.0425, F.S.; providing definitions; 3
requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post a 4
publicly accessible registry on its website of persons 5
convicted of domestic abuse offenses; providing 6
requirements for the registry; requiring the clerk of 7
the court in each county to forward certain notice of 8
a conviction for a domestic abuse offense to the 9
department within a specified time; requiring the 10
maintenance of specified information for certain time 11
periods; requiring the removal of specified records 12
under certain circumstances; providing an effective 13
date. 14
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
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Section 1. Section 943.0425, Florida Statutes, is created 18
to read: 19
943.0425 Domestic abuser registration. — 20
(1) As used in this section, the term: 21
(a) "Abuser" or "domestic abuser" means an adult as 22
defined in s. 985.03 w ho has been convicted in this state of 23
committing a domestic abuse offense. 24
(b) "Conviction" has the same meaning as in s. 775.21(2). 25
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(c) "Domestic abuse offense" means: 26
1. Domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28; or 27
2. Dating violence, as defin ed in s. 784.046(1)(d). 28
(2)(a) Beginning January 1, 2023, the department shall 29
post a publicly accessible domestic abuser registry on its 30
website that includes each person convicted of a domestic abuse 31
offense on or after that date. 32
(b)1. The registry must include a photograph of the abuser 33
taken as part of the booking process, the abuser's full legal 34
name, and any other identifying information the department 35
determines is necessary to properly identify the abuser and to 36
exclude innocent persons. 37
2. The registry may not include the abuser's social 38
security number, driver license number, or any other state or 39
federal identification number. 40
(c) The clerk of the court in each county shall forward a 41
copy of the judgment and date of birth of each abuser t o the 42
department within 30 calendar days after the date of conviction 43
of the abuser. 44
(d)1. Upon an abuser's third conviction, the department 45
shall maintain the abuser's full legal name and other 46
identifying information described in paragraph (b) on the 47
registry for 2 years after the date of the abuser's third 48
conviction, after which time the department shall remove the 49
abuser's full legal name and identifying information from the 50
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registry if the abuser is not convicted of another domestic 51
abuse offense during that 2 -year period. 52
2. Upon an abuser's subsequent conviction, the department 53
shall maintain the abuser's full legal name and other 54
identifying information described in paragraph (b) on the 55
registry for 5 years after the date of the abuser's most recent 56
conviction, after which time the department shall remove the 57
abuser's full legal name and identifying information from the 58
registry if the abuser is not convicted of another domestic 59
abuse offense during that 5 -year period. 60
(e) The department shall remove an abuser's full legal 61
name and identifying information from the registry if th e record 62
of the domestic abuse offense for which the abuser is subject to 63
inclusion in the registry is expunged or sealed pursuant to this 64
chapter. 65
Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2022. 66