Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H931: Career Offender Registration
Status: Passed one chamber, March 11, 2026
Requires driver license or ID marking for career offender; specifies reporting location and required information for initial career offender registration; specifies manner in which information changes must be reported; revises information & documentation certain career offenders must provide to DHSMV; removes provision relating to career offender's registering at FDLE; specifies procedure for career offender to establish residence; requires annual reregistration; requires at least yearly verification of career offender information; revises provisions relating to career offender information & document sharing among law enforcement agencies, departments, & entities having custody of or supervising career offenders; revises provisions relating to removal of registration requirements; revises circumstances in which law enforcement may notify community of career offender or sexual predator in community; prohibits FDLE from publicly displaying information about vehicle owned by person who is not career offender; revises manner in which career offender addresses are verified & reported; revises provisions relating to failure to register, punishments, notice, & defenses; enhances penalty for assisting in career offender noncompliance; expands jurisdictions in which career offender may be prosecuted; requires law enforcement to notify community of sexual predator when career offender who is also sexual predator is in such community.
What the bill says
An act relating to career offender registration; amending s. 322.141, F.S.; requiring a certain driver license or identification marking for a career offender; providing applicability; requiring a career offender to report to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in a certain month to obtain an updated or renewed driver license or identification card; amending s. 775.261, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; providing that if a sanction is not imposed upon a career offender, such offender is deemed to have been released upon conviction…
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to career offender registration; amending s. 322.141, F.S.; requiring a certain driver license or identification marking for a career offender; providing applicability; requiring a career offender to report to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in a certain month to obtain an updated or renewed driver license or identification card; amending s. 775.261, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; providing that if a sanction is not imposed upon a career offender, such offender is deemed to have been released upon conviction; requiring a career offender to report in person at the sheriff's office for initial registration; revising the time of such report; revising information and documentation required upon initial registration; specifying that information and documents are provided to the Department of Law Enforcement through the sheriff's office; specifying the manner in which changes to a career offender's information must be reported; requiring certain career offenders to report to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and obtain a driver license or identification card containing a required marking within a certain period of time; revising the information and documentation words underlined are additions. hb931-02-c2 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/HB 931 2026 certain career offenders must provide to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles when reporting; requiring a career offender to report changes …