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IntroducedOct 16, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 26, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 11, 2026
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 17, 2026: Ordered enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 212
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Rulesprimary
- Judiciaryprimary
- Criminal Justiceprimary
- McClainprimary
Votes
YES: 103
- Abbott
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Franklin
- Partington
- Anderson
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Aristide
- Gerwig
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Barnaby
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Bartleman
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Robinson, F.
- Benarroch
- Griffitts
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Black
- Harris
- Salzman
- Blanco
- Sapp
- Booth
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Holcomb
- Boyles
- Hunschofsky
- Smith
- Brackett
- Jacques
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Spencer
- Buchanan
- Stark
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Steele
- Kincart Jonsson
- Tant
- Canady
- Koster
- Tendrich
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Long
- Chambliss
- López, J.
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Maney
- Valdés
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- Cross
- McFarland
- Woodson
- Daley
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Daniels
- Michael
- Yeager
- Miller
- Young
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Edmonds
Actions
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Ordered enrolled
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 103, NAYS 9
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment(s) adopted (786080)
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 6
- Immediately certified
- Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 5
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Now in Rules
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 1
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Now in Judiciary
- CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- Jan 21, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Jan 20, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
- Jan 15, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Nov 03, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
- Oct 16, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Bill Texts
- S 212 FiledHTML
- S 212 c1HTML
- S 212 c2HTML
- S 212 c3HTML
- S 212 e1HTML
- S 212 erHTML
- Committee Amendment 261670 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/20/2026) -- Criminal Justice (McClain)PDF
- Committee Amendment 764964 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/10/2026) -- Judiciary (McClain)PDF
- Committee Amendment 275394 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/18/2026) -- Rules (McClain)PDF
- Floor Amendment 786080 (Senate: Adopted 2/26/2026) -- McClainPDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) (1/16/2026 3:14 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) (1/21/2026 11:24 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) (2/9/2026 11:40 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (2/12/2026 2:52 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (2/16/2026 8:23 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (2/18/2026 7:00 PM)
