Florida Senate Bill 212

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on April 1 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-01 - Chapter No. 2026-17
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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.

Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators

Senate Rules Committee

Senate Judiciary Committee

Senate Criminal Justice Committee

Sen. Stan McClain [R]

2026-03-11 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#796 (Y: 103 N: 9 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#25 (Y: 31 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - Senate - Senate Rules (Y: 19 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-10 - Senate - Senate Judiciary (Y: 10 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-20 - Senate - Senate Criminal Justice (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-01		Chapter No. 2026-17
2026-03-31		Approved by Governor
2026-03-30		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-17	Senate	Ordered enrolled
2026-03-11	House	CS passed; YEAS 103, NAYS 9
2026-03-11	House	Read 3rd time
2026-03-11	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-03-11	House	Read 2nd time
2026-03-10	House	1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
2026-03-10	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
2026-03-10	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2026-02-26	House	In Messages
2026-02-26	Senate	Immediately certified
2026-02-26	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 6
2026-02-26	Senate	Read 3rd time
2026-02-26	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (786080)
2026-02-26	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-02-23	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
2026-02-19	Senate	CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
2026-02-19	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-19	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-18	Senate	CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
2026-02-17	Senate	CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 5
2026-02-12	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-12	Senate	Now in Rules
2026-02-12	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-10	Senate	CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 1
2026-02-05	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
2026-01-22	Senate	CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
2026-01-22	Senate	Now in Judiciary
2026-01-21	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-01-20	Senate	CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
2026-01-15	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2025-11-03	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
2025-10-16	Senate	Filed

H45 (Similar To) 2026-03-11 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/SB 212

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	215		Amended Code	See Bill Text
856	022		Amended Code	See Bill Text
901	15		Amended Code	See Bill Text
943	04351		Amended Code	See Bill Text
947	1405		Amended Code	See Bill Text
948	30		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/BillText/c2/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/BillText/c3/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/BillText/e1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Amendment/261670/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Amendment/786080/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Analyses/2026s00212.pre.cj.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Analyses/2026s00212.cj.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Analyses/2026s00212.pre.ju.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Analyses/2026s00212.ju.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Analyses/2026s00212.pre.rc.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Analyses/2026s00212.rc.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Vote/2026-01-20%200330PM~S00212%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Vote/2026-02-10%201200PM~S00212%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Vote/2026-02-17%201200PM~S00212%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Vote/SenateVote_s00212c3025.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/212/Vote/HouseVote_s00212e1796.PDF