Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0489 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to restoration of voting rights 2
16	16	database; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the 3
17	17	Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and 4
18	18	maintain a database containing certain information for 5
19	19	a certain purpose; requiring certain governmental 6
20	20	entities to provide certain information to the 7
21	21	commission; requiring the Department of Management 8
22	22	Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, 9
23	23	to provide certain technical assistance to the 10
24	24	commission; authorizing the department to adopt rules; 11
25	25	requiring the commission to make available to the 12
26	26	public the database on an Internet website by a date 13
27	27	certain; requiring the commission to update the 14
28	28	database monthly and publish certain information on 15
29	29	the website; requiring the commission to provide to 16
30	30	the Governor and Legislature a comprehensive plan by a 17
31	31	date certain; providing requirements for the 18
32	32	comprehensive plan; providing that a person who takes 19
33	33	certain actions in reasonable reliance on the database 20
34	34	may not be charged with certain violations of criminal 21
35	35	law; requiring the commission to adopt rules; 22
36	36	providing an effective date. 23
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38	38	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 25
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52	52	Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 20.32, 27
53	53	Florida Statutes, to read: 28
54	54	20.32 Florida Commission on Offender Review. — 29
55	55	(4)(a) For the purpose of assisting a person who has been 30
56	56	disqualified from voting based on a felony conviction other than 31
57	57	murder or a felony sexual offense in determining whether he or 32
58	58	she has met the requirements under s. 98.0751 and had his or her 33
59	59	voting rights restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State 34
60	60	Constitution, the Florida Commission on Offender Review shall 35
61	61	develop and maintain a database that contains for each such 36
62	62	person all of the following information: 37
63	63	1. His or her name and any other personal identifying 38
64	64	information. 39
65	65	2. The remaining length of any term of supervision, 40
66	66	including, but not limited to, probation, community c ontrol, or 41
67	67	parole, ordered by a court as a part of his or her sentence. 42
68	68	3. The remaining amount of any restitution owed to a 43
69	69	victim as ordered by a court as a part of his or her sentence. 44
70	70	4. The remaining amount due of any fines or fees that were 45
71	71	initially ordered by a court as a part of his or her sentence or 46
72	72	as a condition of any form of supervision, including, but not 47
73	73	limited to, probation, community control, or parole. 48
74	74	5. The completion status of any other term ordered by a 49
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88	88	6. Any other information needed to determine whether he or 51
89	89	she has met the requirements for restoration of voting rights 52
90	90	under s. 98.0751. 53
91	91	(b) Each month, the Department of State, the Department of 54
92	92	Corrections, clerks of the circuit co urts, county comptrollers, 55
93	93	and the Board of Executive Clemency shall provide to the 56
94	94	commission any information held by such governmental entity 57
95	95	which is required under paragraph (a). 58
96	96	(c) The Department of Management Services, acting through 59
97	97	the Florida Digital Service, shall provide any technical 60
98	98	assistance necessary for the commission to develop and maintain 61
99	99	the database. The Department of Management Services may adopt 62
100	100	rules to provide such assistance. 63
101	101	(d) By July 1, 2028, the commission shall make ava ilable 64
102	102	to the public the database on an Internet website. The 65
103	103	commission must update the database monthly with the information 66
104	104	received under paragraph (b). The commission shall publish on 67
105	105	the website clear instructions that a person who has been 68
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107	107	murder or a felony sexual offense may follow to have his or her 70
108	108	voting rights restored and to register to vote. 71
109	109	(e) By July 1, 2026, the commission shall provide to the 72
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125	125	1. The governmental entities from which and the methods by 76
126	126	which the commission shall collect, centralize, analyze, and 77
127	127	secure the information r equired to be included in the database. 78
128	128	2. A description of any infrastructure and services, 79
129	129	including, but not limited to, software, hardware, and 80
130	130	information technology services, that may be necessary to create 81
131	131	and maintain the database. 82
132	132	3. The anticipated number of additional employees 83
133	133	necessary for: 84
134	134	a. The commission to develop and maintain the database. 85
135	135	b. A governmental entity to provide the information 86
136	136	required under paragraph (b). 87
137	137	c. The Florida Digital Service to provide the assistance 88
138	138	required under paragraph (c). 89
139	139	4. The anticipated cost to initially develop the database, 90
140	140	annual cost to maintain the database, and annual appropriation 91
141	141	required to fund the anticipated costs of the commission, each 92
142	142	governmental entity, and the Florida Digi tal Service. 93
143	143	5. Any legal authority necessary for the commission to 94
144	144	develop and maintain the database. 95
145	145	6. Draft legislation to implement the comprehensive plan. 96
146	146	(f) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person who 97
147	147	registers to vote or who votes in reasonable reliance on 98
148	148	information contained in the database indicating that his or her 99
149	149	voting rights have been restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of 100
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166	166	(g) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this 105
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168	168	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 107