Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S132: Restoration of Voting Rights
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to restoration of voting rights; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database containing certain information for a certain purpose; requiring certain governmental entities to provide certain information to the commission monthly; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to the commission; authorizing the department to adopt rules…
From the introduced text, February 6, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to restoration of voting rights; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database containing certain information for a certain purpose; requiring certain governmental entities to provide certain information to the commission monthly; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to the commission; authorizing the department to adopt rules; requiring the commission, subject to legislative appropriation, to make the database available to the public on an Internet website by a certain date; requiring the commission to update the database monthly and publish certain information on the website; requiring the commission to provide a comprehensive plan to the Governor and Legislature by a certain date; providing requirements for the comprehensive plan; 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; requiring the commission to adopt rules; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.âSubsection (4) is added to section 20.32, Florida Statutes, to read: 20.32âFlorida Commission on Offender Review.â (4)(a)âFor the purpose of assisting a person who has been disqualified from …
Sponsors
- Polsky, Tina (D, SD-030) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Fiscal Policy
- : CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
- : Now in Fiscal Policy
- : Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- : CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- : On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 37 Senate Building
- : Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- : Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- : On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- : Introduced
Votes
- Senate: S 132 Filed (February 4, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: S 132 Filed (January 26, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Fiscal Policy, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Criminal Justice
Common questions
- What is S132?
- S132 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Restoration of Voting Rights.
- What does S132 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to restoration of voting rights; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database containing certain information for a certain purpose; requiring certain governmental entities to provide certain information to the commission monthly; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to the commission; authorizing the department to adopt rules…
- What is the status of S132?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Fiscal Policy (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored S132?
- Polsky, Tina (D, SD-030).
- Where is the official record for S132?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/132
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