Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H45: Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators
Status: Passed one chamber, March 11, 2026
Revises residency restrictions for persons convicted of certain sexual offenses occurring on or after specified date; provides applicability; revises distance required for specified offender to commit specified offense of loitering or prowling; prohibits such offender from knowingly contacting, communicating with, or approaching with intent to contact or communicate with certain children at certain locations; provides exception; requires such offender to provide notice to school or child care facility; authorizes warrantless arrest of person if law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that such person has committed specified offenses; revises requirements for search of sexual predator or sexual offender registration information by state agency or governmental subdivision before appointing or employing person to work at specified locations; revises special conditions for certain sexual offenders subject to conditional release supervision for offenses committed on or after specified date; revises conditions of probation or community control for certain sexual offenders for offenses committed on or after specified date.
What the bill says
An act relating to sexual offenders and sexual predators; amending s. 775.215, F.S.; defining the term "public swimming pool"; revising residency restrictions for persons convicted of certain sexual offenses occurring on or after a specified date; providing penalties; providing applicability; defining the term "permanent residence"; amending s. 856.022, F.S.; revising the distance required for a specified offender to commit a specified offense of loitering or prowling…
From the introduced text, February 24, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to sexual offenders and sexual predators; amending s. 775.215, F.S.; defining the term "public swimming pool"; revising residency restrictions for persons convicted of certain sexual offenses occurring on or after a specified date; providing penalties; providing applicability; defining the term "permanent residence"; amending s. 856.022, F.S.; revising the distance required for a specified offender to commit a specified offense of loitering or prowling; prohibiting such offender from knowingly contacting, communicating with, or approaching with the intent to contact or communicate with certain children at certain locations; providing an exception; requiring such offender to provide notice to a school or child care facility under certain circumstances; providing definitions; amending s. 901.15, F.S.; authorizing the warrantless arrest of a person if a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that such person has committed specified offenses; amending s. 943.04351, F.S.; revising requirements for the search of sexual predator or sexual offender registration information by a state agency or governmental subdivision before appointing or employing a person to work at specified locations; words underlined are additions. hb45-02-c2 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/HB 45 2026 amending s. 947.1405, F.S.; revising special conditions for certain sexual offenders subject to conditional release supervision for offenses committed on or after a specified date; amending s. 948.30, F.S.; revising conditions of probation …
Sponsors
- Plakon, Rachel (R, HD-036) · primary sponsor
- Plakon (R, 36) · primary sponsor
- Bankson (R, 39) · primary sponsor
- Bankson, Doug (R, HD-039) · primary sponsor
- Baker (R, 17)
- Baker, Jessica (R, HD-017)
- Barnaby, Webster (R, HD-029)
- Webster Barnaby (R, HD-027)
- Basabe, Fabián (R, HD-106)
- Benarroch, Yvette (R, HD-081)
- Black, Dean (R, HD-015)
- Buchanan, James (R, SD-022)
Latest actions
- : Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 212 (Ch. 2026-17)
- : Added to Second Reading Calendar
- : Bill referred to House Calendar
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- : CS Filed
- : Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- : Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- : Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- : PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
Votes
- House: Judiciary Committee (February 24, 2026): 13 yea, 3 nay, passed
- House: Judiciary Committee (February 24, 2026): 13 yea, 3 nay, passed
- House: Criminal Justice Subcommittee (November 5, 2025): 11 yea, 5 nay, passed
- House: Criminal Justice Subcommittee (November 5, 2025): 11 yea, 5 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H45?
- H45 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators.
- What does H45 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to sexual offenders and sexual predators; amending s. 775.215, F.S.; defining the term "public swimming pool"; revising residency restrictions for persons convicted of certain sexual offenses occurring on or after a specified date; providing penalties; providing applicability; defining the term "permanent residence"; amending s. 856.022, F.S.; revising the distance required for a specified offender to commit a specified offense of loitering or prowling…
- What is the status of H45?
- Passed one chamber as of March 11, 2026. Latest action: Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 212 (Ch. 2026-17) (March 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored H45?
- Plakon, Rachel (R, HD-036), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H45?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/45
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