Florida SB 132: Legal Tender

Bill Text

132 
Restoration of Voting Rights 
2026-02-06T11:05:50Z 
Requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database containing certain information for a certain purpose; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to the commission; providing that a person who takes certain actions in reasonable reliance on the database has an affirmative right to register and to vote and may not be charged with certain violations of criminal law, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 132 

 By the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; 
 and Senator Polsky 

 604-02520-26 2026132c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to restoration of voting rights; 
 3 amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the Florida 
 4 Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain 
 5 a database containing certain information for a 
 6 certain purpose; requiring certain governmental 
 7 entities to provide certain information to the 
 8 commission monthly; requiring the Department of 
 9 Management Services, acting through the Florida 
 10 Digital Service, to provide certain technical 
 11 assistance to the commission; authorizing the 
 12 department to adopt rules; requiring the commission, 
 13 subject to legislative appropriation, to make the 
 14 database available to the public on an Internet 
 15 website by a certain date; requiring the commission to 
 16 update the database monthly and publish certain 
 17 information on the website; requiring the commission 
 18 to provide a comprehensive plan to the Governor and 
 19 Legislature by a certain date; providing requirements 
 20 for the comprehensive plan; providing that a person 
 21 who takes certain actions in reasonable reliance on 
 22 the database has an affirmative right to register and 
 23 to vote and may not be charged with certain violations 
 24 of criminal law; requiring the commission to adopt 
 25 rules; providing an effective date. 
 26 
 27 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 28 
 29 Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 20.32, 
 30 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 31 20.32 Florida Commission on Offender Review.— 
 32 (4)(a) For the purpose of assisting a person who has been 
 33 disqualified from voting based on a felony conviction other than 
 34 murder or a felony sexual offense in determining whether he or 
 35 she has met the requirements under s. 98.0751 to have his or her 
 36 voting rights restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State 
 37 Constitution, the Florida Commission on Offender Review shall 
 38 develop and maintain a database that contains for each such 
 39 person all of the following information: 
 40 1. His or her name and any other personal identifying 
 41 information. 
 42 2. The remaining length of any term of supervision, 
 43 including, but not limited to, probation, community control, or 
 44 parole, ordered by a court as a part of his or her sentence. 
 45 3. The remaining amount of any restitution owed to a victim 
 46 as ordered by a court as a part of his or her sentence. 
 47 4. The remaining amount due of any fines or fees that were 
 48 initially ordered by a court as a part of his or her sentence or 
 49 as a condition of any form of supervision, including, but not 
 50 limited to, probation, community control, or parole. 
 51 5. The completion status of any other term ordered by a 
 52 court as a part of his or her sentence. 
 53 6. Any other information needed to determine whether he or 
 54 she has met the requirements for restoration of voting rights 
 55 under s. 98.0751. 
 56 (b) The Department of State, the Department of Corrections, 
 57 the clerks of the circuit courts, the county comptrollers, and 
 58 the Board of Executive Clemency shall provide to the commission 
 59 monthly any information held by these governmental entities 
 60 which is required under paragraph (a). 
 61 (c) The Department of Management Services, acting through 
 62 the Florida Digital Service, shall provide any technical 
 63 assistance necessary for the commission to develop and maintain 
 64 the database. The Department of Management Services may adopt 
 65 rules to provide such assistance. 
 66 (d) By July 1, 2029, subject to legislative appropriation, 
 67 the commission shall make the database available to the public 
 68 on an Internet website. The commission shall update the database 
 69 monthly with the information received from each governmental 
 70 entity under paragraph (b). The commission shall publish on the 
 71 website clear instructions that a person who has been 
 72 disqualified from voting based on a felony conviction other than 
 73 murder or a felony sexual offense may follow to have his or her 
 74 voting rights restored and to register to vote. 
 75 (e) By July 1, 2027, the commissio