Florida SB 892: Charter School Charters

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Habitual Felony Offenders, Habitual Violent Felony Offenders, Three-time Violent Felony Offenders, and Violent Career Criminals 
2025-12-12T09:14:55Z 
Revising the definitions of the terms “habitual felony offender,” “habitual violent felony offender,” “three-time violent felony offender,” and “violent career criminal”; revising the procedures that a court must follow in separate proceedings to determine whether a defendant is a habitual felony offender, a habitual violent felony offender, a three-time violent felony offender, or a violent career criminal, etc. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 892 

 By Senator Martin 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to habitual felony offenders, habitual 
 3 violent felony offenders, three-time violent felony 
 4 offenders, and violent career criminals; amending s. 
 5 775.084, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms 
 6 “habitual felony offender,” “habitual violent felony 
 7 offender,” “three-time violent felony offender,” and 
 8 “violent career criminal”; revising the procedures 
 9 that a court must follow in separate proceedings to 
 10 determine whether a defendant is a habitual felony 
 11 offender, a habitual violent felony offender, a three 
 12 time violent felony offender, or a violent career 
 13 criminal; providing construction; providing an 
 14 effective date. 
 15 
 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 17 
 18 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) through (d) of subsection (1), 
 19 subsection (2), and paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection 
 20 (3) of section 775.084, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
 21 775.084 Violent career criminals; habitual felony offenders 
 22 and habitual violent felony offenders; three-time violent felony 
 23 offenders; definitions; procedure; enhanced penalties or 
 24 mandatory minimum prison terms.— 
 25 (1) As used in this act: 
 26 (a) “Habitual felony offender” means a defendant for whom 
 27 the court may impose an extended term of imprisonment, as 
 28 provided in paragraph (4)(a), if it finds that: 
 29 1. The defendant has previously been convicted of any 
 30 combination of two or more felonies in this state or other 
 31 qualified offenses. 
 32 2. The felony for which the defendant is to be sentenced 
 33 was committed: 
 34 a. While the defendant was serving a prison sentence or 
 35 other sentence, or court-ordered or lawfully imposed supervision 
 36 that is imposed as a result of a prior conviction for a felony 
 37 or other qualified offense; or 
 38 b. Within 5 years of the date of the conviction of the 
 39 defendant’s last prior felony or other qualified offense, or 
 40 within 5 years of the defendant’s release from a prison 
 41 sentence, probation, community control, control release, 
 42 conditional release, parole or court-ordered or lawfully imposed 
 43 supervision or other sentence that is imposed as a result of a 
 44 prior conviction for a felony or other qualified offense, 
 45 whichever is later. 
 46 3. The felony for which the defendant is to be sentenced, 
 47 and one of the two prior felony convictions, is not a violation 
 48 of s. 893.13 relating to the purchase or the possession of a 
 49 controlled substance. 
 50 4. The defendant has not received a pardon for any felony 
 51 or other qualified offense that is necessary for the operation 
 52 of this paragraph. 
 53 5. A conviction of a felony or other qualified offense 
 54 necessary to the operation of this paragraph has not been set 
 55 aside in any postconviction proceeding. 
 56 (b) “Habitual violent felony offender” means a defendant 
 57 for whom the court may impose an extended term of imprisonment, 
 58 as provided in paragraph (4)(b), if it finds that: 
 59 1. The defendant has previously been convicted of a felony 
 60 or an attempt or conspiracy to commit a felony and one or more 
 61 of such convictions was for: 
 62 a. Arson; 
 63 b. Sexual battery; 
 64 c. Robbery; 
 65 d. Kidnapping; 
 66 e. Aggravated child abuse; 
 67 f. Aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult; 
 68 g. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; 
 69 h. Murder; 
 70 i. Manslaughter; 
 71 j. Aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled 
 72 adult; 
 73 k. Aggravated manslaughter of a child; 
 74 l. Unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a 
 75 destructive device or bomb; 
 76 m. Armed burglary; 
 77 n. Aggravated battery; or 
 78 o. Aggravated stalking. 
 79 2. The felony for which the defendant is to be sentenced 
 80 was committed: 
 81 a. While the defendant was serving a prison sentence or 
 82 other sentence, or court-ordered or lawfully imposed supervision 
 83 that is imposed as a result of a prior conviction for an 
 84 enumerated felony; or 
 85 b. Within 5 years of the date of the conviction of the last 
 86 prior enumerated felony, or within 5 years of the defendant’s