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SB0436

Changes to Felony Battery and Prison Releasee Reoffender Rules

Last scannedAug 24, 2026, 10:35 AM

In one sentence

This law adds battery on a police officer that causes injury to the list of crimes for prison releasee reoffenders and makes it a third-degree felony for people with one prior conviction for specific offenses who commit another battery.

Adds 'battery on a law enforcement officer which results in bodily injury' to the definition of a crime that can make someone a prison releasee reoffender.
Requires mandatory minimum sentences for defendants classified as prison releasee reoffenders based on their new or existing crimes.
Makes it a third-degree felony if a person with one prior conviction for battery, aggravated battery, felony battery, or resisting an officer with violence commits another battery.
Updates the Florida Career Offender Registration Act to include people designated as prison releasee reoffenders under the new rules.
Ensures criminal history records related to these changes are not eligible for court-ordered expunction or sealing.

Defendants who commit battery on a law enforcement officer that causes bodily injury within three years of release from prison.
People with one prior conviction for battery, aggravated battery, felony battery, or resisting an officer with violence who commit another battery.
Individuals designated as career offenders under the Florida Career Offender Registration Act.

The law does not specify the exact length of mandatory sentences for every possible crime combination beyond the general categories listed.
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Plain language

Prison releasee reoffender: A defendant released from prison within three years who commits or attempts to commit specific serious crimes, including battery on a law enforcement officer causing bodily injury.
Bodily injury: Physical harm resulting from the act of battering a law enforcement officer.
Career offender: A person designated as a habitual violent felony offender, violent career criminal, three-time violent felony offender, or prison releasee reoffender who must register with authorities.

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Felony Battery

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