Florida HB 467: Notice of Restoration of Voting Rights Information on Sentencing Scoresheets

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to notice of restoration of voting 2
rights information on sentencing scoresheets; amending 3
s. 921.0024, F.S.; specifying information to be 4
provided on sentencing scoresheets concerning 5
restoration of voting rights; requiring that a 6
scoresheet be provided to a defendant before a 7
sentence is imposed; providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) are added to subsection 12
(1) of section 921.0024, Florida Statutes, to read: 13
921.0024 Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet computations; 14
scoresheets.— 15
(1) 16
(c) NOTICE CONCERNING VOTING RIGHTS 17
Article VI, s. 4(a) and (b) of the Florida 18
Constitution provide the following concerning voting 19
rights: 20
SECTION 4. Disqualifications.— 21
(a) No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated 22
in this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, 23
shall be qualified to vote or hold office until restoration 24
of civil rights or removal of disability. Except as 25

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provided in subsection (b) of this section, any 26
disqualification from voting arising from a felony 27
conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be 28
restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including 29
parole or probation. 30
(b) No person convicted of murder or a felony sexual 31
offense shall be qualified to vote until restoration of 32
civil rights. 33
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Section 98.0751 of the Florida Statutes provides the 35
following concerning restoration of voting rights: 36
98.0751 Restoration of voting rights; termination of 37
ineligibility subsequent to a felony conviction.— 38
(1) A person who has been disqualified from voting 39
based on a felony conviction for an offense other than 40
murder or a felony sexual offense must have such 41
disqualification terminated and his or her voting rights 42
restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State 43
Constitution upon the completion of all terms of his or her 44
sentence, including parole or probation. The voting 45
disqualification does not terminate unless a person's civil 46
rights are restored pursuant to s. 8, Art. IV of the State 47
Constitution if the disqualification arises from a felony 48
conviction of murder or a felony sexual offense, or if the 49
person has not completed all terms of sentence, as 50

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specified in subsection (2). 51
(2) For purposes of this section, the term: 52
(a) "Completion of all terms of sentence" means any 53
portion of a sentence that is contained in the four corners 54
of the sentencing document, including, but not limited to: 55
1. Release from any term of imprisonment ordered by 56
the court as a part of the sentence; 57
2. Termination from any term of probation or 58
community control ordered by the court as a part of the 59
sentence; 60
3. Fulfillment of any term ordered by the court as a 61
part of the sentence; 62
4. Termination from any term of any supervision, 63
which is monitored by the Florida Commission on Offender 64
Review, including, but not limited to, parole; and 65
5.a. Full payment of restitution ordered to a victim 66
by the court as a part of the sentence. A victim includes, 67
but is not limited to, a person or persons, the estate or 68
estates thereof, an entity, the state, or the Federal 69
Government. 70
b. Full payment of fines or fees ordered by the court 71
as a part of the sentence or that are ordered by the court 72
as a condition of any form of supervision, including, but 73
not limited to, probation, community control, or parole. 74
c. The financial obligations required under sub-75

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subparagraph a. or sub-subparagraph b. include only the 76
amount specifically ordered by the court as part of the 77
sentence and do not include any fines, fees, or costs that 78
accrue after the date the obligation is ordered as a part 79
of the sentence. 80
d. For the limited purpose of addressing a plea for 81
relief pursuant to sub-subparagraph e. and notwithstanding 82
any other statute, rule, or provision of law, a court may 83
not be prohibited from modifying the financial obligations 84
of an original sentence required under sub-subparagraph a. 85
or sub-subparagraph b. Such modification shall not infringe 86
on a defendant's or a victim's rights provided in the 87
United States Constitution or the