Florida SB 748: Courts

Bill Text

748 
Notice of Restoration of Voting Rights Information on Sentencing Scoresheets 
2025-12-04T03:26:26Z 
Specifying information to be provided on sentencing scoresheets concerning restoration of voting rights; requiring that a scoresheet be provided to a defendant before a sentence is imposed, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 748 

 By Senator Bracy Davis 

 15-01216-26 2026748__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to notice of restoration of voting 
 3 rights information on sentencing scoresheets; amending 
 4 s. 921.0024, F.S.; specifying information to be 
 5 provided on sentencing scoresheets concerning 
 6 restoration of voting rights; requiring that a 
 7 scoresheet be provided to a defendant before a 
 8 sentence is imposed; providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) are added to subsection 
 13 (1) of section 921.0024, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 14 921.0024 Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet computations; 
 15 scoresheets.— 
 16 (1) 
 17 (c) NOTICE CONCERNING VOTING RIGHTS: 
 18 Article VI, s. 4(a) and (b) of the Florida Constitution 
 19 provide the following concerning voting rights: 
 20 SECTION 4. Disqualifications.— 
 21 (a) No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in this 
 22 or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be 
 23 qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil 
 24 rights or removal of disability. Except as provided in 
 25 subsection (b) of this section, any disqualification from voting 
 26 arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting 
 27 rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of 
 28 sentence including parole or probation. 
 29 (b) No person convicted of murder or a felony sexual 
 30 offense shall be qualified to vote until restoration of civil 
 31 rights. 
 32 
 33 Section 98.0751 of the Florida Statutes provides the 
 34 following concerning restoration of voting rights: 
 35 98.0751 Restoration of voting rights; termination of 
 36 ineligibility subsequent to a felony conviction.— 
 37 (1) A person who has been disqualified from voting based on 
 38 a felony conviction for an offense other than murder or a felony 
 39 sexual offense must have such disqualification terminated and 
 40 his or her voting rights restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of 
 41 the State Constitution upon the completion of all terms of his 
 42 or her sentence, including parole or probation. The voting 
 43 disqualification does not terminate unless a person’s civil 
 44 rights are restored pursuant to s. 8, Art. IV of the State 
 45 Constitution if the disqualification arises from a felony 
 46 conviction of murder or a felony sexual offense, or if the 
 47 person has not completed all terms of sentence, as specified in 
 48 subsection (2). 
 49 (2) For purposes of this section, the term: 
 50 (a) “Completion of all terms of sentence” means any portion 
 51 of a sentence that is contained in the four corners of the 
 52 sentencing document, including, but not limited to: 
 53 1. Release from any term of imprisonment ordered by the 
 54 court as a part of the sentence; 
 55 2. Termination from any term of probation or community 
 56 control ordered by the court as a part of the sentence; 
 57 3. Fulfillment of any term ordered by the court as a part 
 58 of the sentence; 
 59 4. Termination from any term of any supervision, which is 
 60 monitored by the Florida Commission on Offender Review, 
 61 including, but not limited to, parole; and 
 62 5.a. Full payment of restitution ordered to a victim by the 
 63 court as a part of the sentence. A victim includes, but is not 
 64 limited to, a person or persons, the estate or estates thereof, 
 65 an entity, the state, or the Federal Government. 
 66 b. Full payment of fines or fees ordered by the court as a 
 67 part of the sentence or that are ordered by the court as a 
 68 condition of any form of supervision, including, but not limited 
 69 to, probation, community control, or parole. 
 70 c. The financial obligations required under sub 
 71 subparagraph a. or sub-subparagraph b. include only the amount 
 72 specifically ordered by the court as part of the sentence and do 
 73 not include any fines, fees, or costs that accrue after the date 
 74 the obligation is ordered as a part of the sentence. 
 75 d. For the limited purpose of addressing a plea for relief 
 76 pursuant to sub-subparagraph e. and notwithstanding any other 
 77 statute, rule, or provision of law, a court may not be 
 78 prohibited from modifying the financial obligations of an 
 79 original sentence required under sub-subparagraph a. or sub 
 80 subparagraph b. Such modification shall not infringe on a 
 81 defendant’s or a victim’s rights provided in the United States 
 82 Constitution or the State Constitution. 
 83 e. Financial obligat