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HB0073 • 2026

Restoration of Rights Voting Database

Restoration of Rights Voting Database

Crime Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Robinson, F. ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell ; Eskamani ; Joseph
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass all stages and died in committee, so its full effects are uncertain.

Restoration of Rights Voting Database

This bill requires the Florida Commission on Offender Review to create and maintain a database that helps people with certain felony convictions find out if their voting rights have been restored.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a database for people who lost their right to vote due to a felony conviction (except murder or sexual offenses) to check if they can now vote again.
  • Requires several government agencies to give the Commission information needed for the database every month.
  • Allows the Department of Management Services to help with creating and maintaining the database using Florida Digital Service.
  • Makes sure the database is available online by July 1, 2029, and updated monthly.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who lost their right to vote due to certain felony convictions
  • Government agencies like the Department of State, Corrections, and others that need to provide information

Terms To Know

Felony conviction
A serious crime that can result in a prison sentence.
Restoration of voting rights
Getting back the right to vote after losing it due to a felony conviction.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass all stages and died in committee, so its full effects are uncertain.
  • It does not specify what happens if someone relies on incorrect information from the database.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. 2025-10-07 House

    • Referred to Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee

  4. 2025-09-30 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Restoration of Rights Voting Database; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database containing certain information for certain purpose; requires certain governmental entities to provide certain information to commission; requires DMS, acting through Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to commission; requires commission to make available to public database on Internet website by date certain; requires commission to update database monthly & publish certain information on website; requires commission to provide to Governor & Legislature comprehensive plan by date certain; provides requirements for comprehensive plan; provides that person who takes certain actions in reasonable reliance on database may not be charged with certain violations of criminal law.

Current Bill Text

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to restoration of voting rights 2
database; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the 3
Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and 4
maintain a database containing certain information for 5
a certain purpose; requiring certain governmental 6
entities to provide certain information to the 7
commission on a monthly basis; requiring the 8
Department of Management Services, acting through the 9
Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical 10
assistance to the commission; authorizing the 11
department to adopt rules; requiring the commission to 12
make available to the public the database on an 13
Internet website by a date certain; requiring the 14
commission to update the database monthly and publish 15
certain information on the website; requiring the 16
commission to provide to the Governor and Legislature 17
a comprehensive plan by a date certain; providing 18
requirements for the comprehensive plan; providing 19
that a person who takes certain actions in reasonable 20
reliance on the database may not be charged with 21
certain violations of criminal law; requiring the 22
commission to adopt rules; providing an effective 23
date. 24
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 26
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Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 20.32, 28
Florida Statutes, to read: 29
20.32 Florida Commission on Offender Review.— 30
(4)(a) For the purpose of assisting a person who has been 31
disqualified from voting based on a felony conviction other than 32
murder or a felony sexual offense in determining whether he or 33
she has met the requirements under s. 98.0751 and had his or her 34
voting rights restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State 35
Constitution, the commission shall develop and maintain a 36
database that contains for each such person all of the following 37
information: 38
1. His or her name and any other personal identifying 39
information. 40
2. The remaining length of any term of supervision, 41
including, but not limited to, probation, community control, or 42
parole, ordered by a court as a part of his or her sentence. 43
3. The remaining amount of any restitution owed to a 44
victim as ordered by a court as a part of his or her sentence. 45
4. The remaining amount due of any fines or fees that were 46
initially ordered by a court as a part of his or her sentence or 47
as a condition of any form of supervision, including, but not 48
limited to, probation, community control, or parole. 49
5. The completion status of any other term ordered by a 50

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court as a part of his or her sentence. 51
6. Any other information needed to determine whether he or 52
she has met the requirements for restoration of voting rights 53
under s. 98.0751. 54
(b) Each month, the Department of State, the Department of 55
Corrections, the clerks of the circuit courts, the county 56
comptrollers, and the Board of Executive Clemency shall provide 57
to the commission any information held by such governmental 58
entity which is required under paragraph (a). 59
(c) The Department of Management Services, acting through 60
the Florida Digital Service, shall provide any technical 61
assistance necessary for the commission to develop and maintain 62
the database. The Department of Management Services may adopt 63
rules to provide such assistance. 64
(d) By July 1, 2029, the commission shall make available 65
to the public the database on an Internet website. The 66
commission must update the database monthly with the information 67
received under paragraph (b). The commission shall publish on 68
the website clear instructions that a person who has been 69
disqualified from voting based on a felony conviction other than 70
murder or a felony sexual offense may follow to have his or her 71
voting rights restored and to register to vote. 72
(e) By July 1, 2027, the commission shall provide to the 73
Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 74
House of Representatives a comprehensive plan that includes the 75

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following: 76
1. The governmental entities from which and the methods by 77
which the commission shall collect, centralize, analyze, and 78
secure the information required to be included in the database. 79
2. A description of any infrastructure and services, 80
including, but not limited to, software, hardware, and 81
information technology services, that may be necessary to create 82
and maintain the database. 83
3. The anticipated number of additional employees 84
necessary for: 85
a. The commission to develop and maintain the database. 86
b. A governmental entity to provide the information 87
required under paragraph (b). 88
c. The Florida Digital Service to provide the assistance 89
required under paragraph (c). 90
4. The anticipated cost to initially develop the database, 91
annual cost to maintain the database, and annual appropriation 92
required to fund the anticipated costs of the commission, each 93
governmental entity, and the Florida Digital Service. 94
5. Any legal authority necessary for the commission to 95
develop and maintain the database. 96
6. Prepare proposed legislation to implement the 97
comprehensive plan. 98
(f) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person who 99
registers to vote or who votes in reasonable reliance on 100

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information contained in the database indicating that his or her 101
voting rights have been restored pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of 102
the State Constitution has an affirmative right to register and 103
to vote and may not be charged with a violation of any criminal 104
law of this state relating to fraudulently voting or registering 105
to vote. 106
(g) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this 107
subsection. 108
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 109