# Florida SB 1332: Career Offender Registration

Florida SB 1332, Career Offender Registration, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Jonathan Martin (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-17 (Chapter No. 2026-151) (as of 2026-10-12).

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- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1332
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Career Offender Registration
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-07
- Last action: 2026-06-17, Chapter No. 2026-151
- Sponsor: Jonathan Martin (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Fiscal Policy, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (174 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 12

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Nonregistrants' vehicle details stay off registry: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2026, Florida law enforcement cannot display or share nonregistrants' vehicle information through its public online registry. This protection applies when the vehicle owner is not required to register as a career offender. It limits public disclosure even when offender reportin…
- Agencies share offender records more quickly: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2026, corrections must share covered offender records electronically with state law enforcement once compatible records enter its database. Records include current and planned addresses, legal status, supervision details, and a recent digital photo. Sheriffs must submit registr…
- Jails report offender intake and release: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2026, local jails must notify state law enforcement within 3 business days after a career offender enters custody for any reason. They must notify the agency again upon release and provide required records and a digital photo taken in custody. Corrections release records add pa…
- Career offenders face lifetime registration: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, Florida requires lifetime registration for covered career offenders, unless a pardon or court relief ends it. Coverage includes designated habitual violent felony offenders, violent career criminals, three-time violent felony offenders, and prison releasee reoffenders. Th…
- Career offenders must renew registration yearly: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, career offenders must appear at their local sheriff's office each year during their birthday month. They must update required personal, work, residence, vehicle, phone, passport, immigration, and professional-license details. A post office box cannot replace a physical ho…
- Career offenders need visibly marked identification: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, covered community residents must visit Florida's driver license agency within 48 hours after registration. They must identify themselves as career offenders, complete photo and identity checks, and pay applicable license or ID costs. Their card must display “775.261, F.S.…
- Helping offenders evade enforcement becomes felony: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, intentionally helping a noncompliant career offender evade registration enforcement is a third-degree felony. Covered acts include withholding information, failing to notify police, hiding the offender, helping conceal them, or knowingly giving false information. The help…
- Registration failures bring separate felony charges: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, registration failures and knowingly false registration information carry third-degree felony penalties; each failure is a separate offense. An advised arrest, service of formal charges, or arraignment for a registration violation counts as notice and requires immediate re…
- Career offenders must report more vehicles: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2026, vehicle reporting extends beyond vehicles a career offender owns outright. It includes vehicles they register, co-register, title, lease, or rent, plus rentals they are authorized to drive. Vehicles for which they are insured as a driver also count. The rule includes vehi…
- Shorter stays trigger offender residence reporting: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2026, a career offender's primary home counts as a permanent residence after 3 consecutive days, down from 14. Temporary residence rules use at least 3 total days in a calendar year. Transient residence rules cover a county where the offender spends at least 3 total days in a c…
- Career offenders can seek registration relief: mixed, medium. Beginning October 1, 2026, career offenders can ask the circuit court where they were designated to end registration. They must have been lawfully released from confinement, supervision, or sanctions for at least 20 years, with no arrests since release. Relief is not automatic; the court considers…
- Public offender registry expands community notice: mixed, low. Beginning October 1, 2026, Florida law enforcement must keep current career-offender information online as a public record. The public also has access through other means, including a toll-free hotline; police receive locator and criminal-history information. Local sheriffs and police chiefs may no…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jonathan Martin (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Fiscal Policy

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-11 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 105 | 4 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 36 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-26 | Senate | Criminal Justice Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (30)

- 2026-06-17: Chapter No. 2026-151
- 2026-06-16: Approved by Governor
- 2026-06-09: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-17: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: CS passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 4 (House)
- 2026-03-11: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-03-11: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-11: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-03-10: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House)
- 2026-03-10: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026) (House)
- 2026-03-10: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-05: In Messages (House)
- 2026-03-05: CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 -SJ 609 (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Read 3rd time -SJ 609 (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Read 2nd time -SJ 609 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-16: Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-10-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/er/PDF)
- c1, 2026-03-03: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2026-01-07: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed)
- HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1332/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026)
- [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1332-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).