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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to career offender registration; 2
amending s. 322.141, F.S.; requiring a certain driver 3
license or identification marking for a career 4
offender; providing applicability; requiring a career 5
offender to report to the Department of Highway Safety 6
and Motor Vehicles in a certain month to obtain an 7
updated or renewed driver license or identification 8
card; amending s. 775.261, F.S.; providing and 9
revising definitions; providing that if a sanction is 10
not imposed upon a career offender, such offender is 11
deemed to have been released upon conviction; 12
requiring a career offender to report in person at the 13
sheriff's office for initial registration; revising 14
the time of such report; revising information and 15
documentation required upon initial registration; 16
specifying that information and documents are provided 17
to the Department of Law Enforcement through the 18
sheriff's office; specifying the manner in which 19
changes to a career offender's information must be 20
reported; requiring certain career offenders to report 21
to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 22
and obtain a driver license or identification card 23
containing a required marking within a certain period 24
of time; revising the information and documentation 25

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certain career offenders must provide to the 26
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles when 27
reporting; requiring a career offender to report 28
changes to any information provided upon initial 29
registration within certain periods of time; requiring 30
the custodian of a jail to notify the Department of 31
Law Enforcement within a certain period of time if 32
such custodian has a career offender in his or her 33
custody and upon release of such offender; requiring 34
such custodian to take a digitized photograph of the 35
career offender and provide it to the Department of 36
Law Enforcement; requiring the custodian to notify the 37
Department of Law Enforcement if a career offender 38
escapes or dies; removing a provision relating to the 39
registration of a career offender at an office of the 40
Department of Law Enforcement; specifying the 41
procedure for a career offender to establish a 42
residence after initial registration; requiring the 43
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to 44
forward photographs and certain information to the 45
Department of Law Enforcement and the Department of 46
Corrections; authorizing the Department of Highway 47
Safety and Motor Vehicles to release certain images to 48
the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of 49
public notification; requiring that certain career 50

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offenders report changes to certain information to the 51
sheriff's office within a certain period of time; 52
requiring a career offender to report an in-state 53
travel residence within a certain period of time; 54
requiring a career offender who vacates a residence 55
and does not establish another residence to report 56
certain information in person within a certain period 57
of time; requiring a career offender who remains at an 58
address that such offender previously reported he or 59
she was vacating to report such information in person 60
within a certain period of time; requiring the 61
sheriff's office to report such information to the 62
Department of Law Enforcement; revising procedures for 63
establishing a residence outside this state; requiring 64
a career offender to report previously unknown travel 65
in person to the sheriff's office as soon as possible 66
before departure; revising the entities to which the 67
career offender must provide certain residence 68
information; requiring annual reregistration of career 69
offenders during a certain month; specifying 70
information that a career offender must provide upon 71
reregistration; requiring certain governmental 72
entities to verify certain career offender information 73
at least once per year; requiring local law 74
enforcement agencies to report to the Department of 75

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Law Enforcement failure by a career offender to comply 76
with registration requirements; providing that certain 77
career offenders shall be considered for removal of 78
registration requirements in certain circumstances; 79
revising the location in which a career offender may 80
petition for removal; requiring notice to the 81
Department of Law Enforcement of such petition within 82
a certain time period; authorizing the Department of 83
Law Enforcement to present evidence in opposition to 84
removal; revising the circumstances in which a sheriff 85
or chief of police may notify the community of the 86
presence of a career offender; prohibiting the 87
Department of Law Enforcement from publicly displaying 88
information about a vehicle owned by a person who is 89
not required to register as a career offender; 90
revising the manner in which career offender addresses 91
are verified and reported by law enforcement agencies; 92
expanding information of which a failure to report can 93
result in a criminal offense; providing that a career 94
offender commits a separate offense for each failure 95
to register or report a piece of information; 96
expanding the jurisdictions in which a career offender 97
may be prosecuted for an act or omission; specifying 98
what events constitute actual notice of the duty to 99
register; providing that the failure to immediately 100

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register upon the occurrence of such events is grounds 101
for a subsequent charge of failure to register; 102
restricting a career offender from claiming a lack of 103
notice as a defense in certain circumstances; 104
enhancing the penalty for assisting in career offender 105
noncompliance; amending s. 944.608, F.S.; providing 106
definitions; requiring certain career offenders under 107
the supervision of the Department of Corrections to 108
provide certain information after sentencing; 109
requiring the Department of Corrections to report to 110
the Department of Law Enforcement any failure of a 111
career offender to comply with registration 112
requirements; requiring a career offender to report to 113
the sheriff's office any vehicle changes within a 114
certain period of time; revising the information the 115
Department of Corrections is required to provide to 116
the Department of Law Enforcement relating to career 117
offenders; requiring the custodian of a jail to notify 118
the Department of Law Enforcement within a certain 119
period of time if such custodian has a career offender 120
in his or her custody and upon release of such 121
offender; requiring such custodian to take a digitized 122
photograph of the career offender and provide it to 123
the Department of Law Enforcement; providing that a 124
federal agency responsible for supervising a career 125

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offender may forward certain information about the 126
offender to the Department of Law Enforcement; 127
providing that such federal agency may indicate 128
whether use of the information is restricted to law 129
enforcement purposes only or may be used for purposes 130
of public notification; requiring a certain driver 131
license or identification marking for a career 132
offender who is under supervision but it not 133
incarcerated; expanding the jurisdictions in which a 134
career offender may be prosecuted for an act or 135
omission; specifying what events constitute actual 136
notice of the duty to register; providing that the 137
failure to immediately register upon the occurrence of 138
such events is grounds for a subsequent charge of 139
failure to register; restricting a career offender 140
from claiming a lack of notice as a defense in certain 141
circumstances; creating offenses and penalties for 142
assisting in career offender noncompliance with 143
provisions relating to notification of the Department 144
of Law Enforcement; specifying that such offenses and 145
penalties do not apply if a career offender is 146
incarcerated in or is in the custody of certain 147
facilities; requiring annual reregistration of career 148
offenders during a certain month; specifying 149
information that a career offender must provide upon 150

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reregistration; amending s. 944.609, F.S.; providing 151
definitions; providing legislative findings; 152
specifying information the Department of Corrections 153
must provide upon release of a career offender within 154
a certain period of time; requiring the Department of 155
Corrections or any law enforcement agency to notify 156
the community of the presence of a sexual predator in 157
the community when a career offender who is also 158
designated as a sexual predator is in such community; 159
providing an effective date. 160
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 162
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Section 1. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 322.141, 164
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 165
322.141 Color or markings of certain licenses or 166
identification cards.— 167
(3) All licenses for the operation of motor vehicles or 168
identification cards originally issued or reissued by the 169
department to persons who are designated as sexual predators 170
under s. 775.21 or subject to registration as sexual offenders 171
under s. 943.0435 or s. 944.607, or who have a similar 172
designation or are subject to a similar registration under the 173
laws of another jurisdiction, or who are designated as career 174
offenders under s. 775.261 or s. 944.608, shall have on the 175

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front of the license or identification card the following: 176
(a) For a person designated as a sexual predator under s. 177
775.21 or who has a similar designation under the laws of 178
another jurisdiction, the marking "SEXUAL PREDATOR." 179
(b) For a person subject to registration as a sexual 180
offender under s. 943.0435 or s. 944.607, or subject to a 181
similar registration under the laws of another jurisdiction, the 182
marking "943.0435, F.S." 183
(c) For a person designated as a career offender under s. 184
775.261 or s. 944.608, the marking "775.261, F.S." This 185
paragraph applies only while the person is under the supervision 186
of the Department of Corrections. 187
(4)(a) Unless previously secured or updated, each sexual 188
offender and sexual predator shall report to the department 189
during the month of his or her reregistration as required under 190
s. 775.21(8), s. 943.0435(14), or s. 944.607(13) in order to 191
obtain an updated or renewed driver license or identification 192
card as required by subsection (3). 193
(b) Unless previously secured or updated as required by 194
subsection (3), each career offender shall report to the 195
department during the month of his or her birth in order to 196
obtain an updated or renewed driver license or identification 197
card as required by subsection (3). 198
Section 2. Section 775.261, Florida Statutes, is amended 199
to read: 200

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775.261 The Florida Career Offender Registration Act.— 201
(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as "The Florida 202
Career Offender Registration Act." 203
(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 204
(a) "Career offender" means any person who is designated 205
as a habitual violent felony offender, a violent career 206
criminal, or a three-time violent felony offender under s. 207
775.084 or as a prison releasee reoffender under s. 775.082(9). 208
(b) "Chief of police" means the chief law enforcement 209
officer of a municipality. 210
(c) "Community" means any county where the career offender 211
lives or otherwise establishes or maintains a permanent, 212
temporary, or transient permanent residence. 213
(d) "Department" means the Department of Law Enforcement. 214
(e) "Entering the county" includes being discharged from a 215
correctional facility, jail, or secure treatment facility within 216
the county or being under supervision within the county with a 217
career-offender designation as specified in paragraph (a). 218
(f) "Permanent residence" means a place where the career 219
offender abides, lodges, or resides for 3 14 or more consecutive 220
days that is the person's home or other place where the person 221
primarily lives. For the purpose of calculating a permanent 222
residence under this paragraph, the first day that a career 223
offender abides, lodges, or resides at a place is excluded and 224
each subsequent day is counted. A day includes any part of a 225

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calendar day. 226
(g) "Professional license" means the document of 227
authorization or certification issued by an agency of this state 228
for a regulatory purpose, or by any similar agency in another 229
jurisdiction for a regulatory purpose, to a person to engage in 230
an occupation or to carry out a trade or business. 231
(h)1.(g) "Temporary residence" means: 232
1. a place where the career offender abides, lodges, or 233
resides, including, but not limited to, vacation, business, or 234
personal travel destinations in or out of this state, for 3 a 235
period of 14 or more days in the aggregate during any calendar 236
year that and which is not the person's career offender's 237
permanent or transient residence. The term includes an in-state 238
travel residence. address; 239
2. For a career offender whose permanent residence is not 240
in this state, the term also includes a place where the career 241
offender is employed, practices a vocation, or is enrolled as a 242
student for any period of time in this state. For the purpose of 243
calculating a temporary residence under this paragraph, the 244
first day that a career offender abides, lodges, or resides at a 245
place is excluded and each subsequent day is counted. A day 246
includes any part of a calendar day.; or 247
2. The term includes an "in-state travel residence," which 248
means a temporary residence in this state established by a 249
person who already has an existing permanent, temporary, or 250

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transient residence in this state. 251
3. A place where the career offender routinely abides, 252
lodges, or resides for a period of 4 or more consecutive or 253
nonconsecutive days in any month and which is not the career 254
offender's permanent residence, including any out-of-state 255
address. 256
(i) "Transient residence" means a county where the career 257
offender lives, remains, or is located for the purpose of 258
abiding, lodging, or residing for a period of 3 or more days in 259
the aggregate during a calendar year that is not the person's 260
permanent or temporary residence. The term includes, but is not 261
limited to, a place where the career offender sleeps or seeks 262
shelter and a location that has no specific street address. For 263
the purpose of calculating a transient residence under this 264
paragraph, the first day that a career offender lives, remains, 265
or is located in a county for the purpose of abiding, lodging, 266
or residing is excluded and each subsequent day is counted. A 267
day includes any part of a calendar day. 268
(j) "Vehicles owned" means any motor vehicle as defined in 269
s. 320.01 which is registered, coregistered, leased, titled, or 270
rented by a career offender; a rented vehicle that a career 271
offender is authorized to drive; or a vehicle for which a career 272
offender is insured as a driver. The term also includes any 273
motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01 which is registered, 274
coregistered, leased, titled, or rented by a person or persons 275

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residing at a career offender's permanent residence for 5 or 276
more consecutive days. 277
(3) CRITERIA FOR REGISTRATION AS A CAREER OFFENDER.— 278
(a) A career offender released on or after July 1, 2002, 279
from a sanction imposed in this state must register as required 280
under this section subsection (4) and is subject to community 281
and public notification as provided under subsection (11) (5). 282
If no sanction is imposed, the person is deemed to be released 283
upon conviction. For purposes of this section, a sanction 284
imposed in this state means includes, but is not limited to, a 285
fine, probation, community control, parole, conditional release, 286
control release, or incarceration in a state prison, federal 287
prison, contractor-operated correctional facility, or local 288
detention facility, and: 289
1. The career offender has not received a pardon for any 290
felony or other qualified offense that is necessary for the 291
operation of this paragraph; or 292
2. A conviction of a felony or other qualified offense 293
necessary to the operation of this paragraph has not been set 294
aside in any postconviction proceeding. 295
(b) This section does not apply to any person who has been 296
designated as a sexual predator and who is required to register 297
under s. 775.21 or who is required to register as a sexual 298
offender under s. 943.0435 or s. 944.607. However, if a person 299
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775.21 or as a sexual offender under s. 943.0435 or s. 944.607, 301
the person must register as a career offender under this section 302
if the person is otherwise designated as a career offender as 303
provided in this section. 304
(c) A person subject to registration as a career offender 305
is not subject to registration as a convicted felon under s. 306
775.13. However, if the person is no longer required to register 307
as a career offender under this section, the person must 308
register under s. 775.13 if required to do so under that 309
section. 310
(d) If a career offender is not sentenced to a term of 311
imprisonment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that the 312
career offender's fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the 313
department within 48 hours after the court renders its finding 314
that an offender is a career offender. The fingerprints shall be 315
clearly marked, "Career Offender Registration." 316
(4) INITIAL REGISTRATION.—Upon initial registration, a 317
career offender shall: 318
(a) Report in person at A career offender must register 319
with the department by providing the following information to 320
the department, or to the sheriff's office: 321
1. In the county in which the career offender establishes 322
or maintains a permanent, or temporary, or transient residence, 323
within 48 hours 2 working days after: 324
a. Establishing a permanent, or temporary, or transient 325

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residence in this state; or 326
b. Within 2 working days after Being released from the 327
custody, control, or supervision of the Department of 328
Corrections or from the custody of a contractor-operated 329
correctional facility or local detention facility; or: 330
2. In the county where he or she was convicted within 48 331
hours after being convicted for a qualifying offense for 332
registration under this section if the offender is not in the 333
custody or control of, or under the supervision of, the 334
Department of Corrections, or is not in the custody of a 335
contractor-operated correctional facility or local detention 336
facility. 337
(b)1. Provide his or her name;, social security number;, 338
age, race; sex;, gender, date of birth;, height;, weight;, hair 339
and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; fingerprints; 340
palm prints;, photograph;, employment information, including 341
occupation, business name, employment address, and telephone 342
number; address of permanent or legal residence and address of 343
any current temporary residence, within the state or out of 344
state, including a rural route address and or a post office box; 345
if he or she has no permanent or temporary address, any 346
transient residence within this state; address, location or 347
description, and dates of any current or known future temporary 348
residence within this state or out of state; the make, model, 349
color, vehicle identification number (VIN), and license tag 350

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number of all vehicles owned; all home telephone numbers and 351
cellular telephone numbers;, date and place of any employment, 352
date and place of each conviction;, fingerprints, and a brief 353
description of the crime or crimes committed by the career 354
offender. A career offender may not provide a post office box 355
may not be provided in lieu of a physical residential address. 356
The career offender shall also produce his or her passport, if 357
he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, shall 358
produce or provide information about documents establishing his 359
or her immigration status. The career offender shall also 360
provide information about any professional licenses he or she 361
has. 362
2. If the career offender's place of residence is a motor 363
vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as those 364
terms are defined in chapter 320, the career offender shall also 365
provide to the department through the sheriff's office written 366
notice of the vehicle identification number (VIN); the license 367
tag number; the registration number; and a description, 368
including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile 369
home, or manufactured home. If a career offender's place of 370
residence is a vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as 371
those terms are defined in chapter 327, the career offender 372
shall also provide to the department through the sheriff's 373
office written notice of the hull identification number; the 374
manufacturer's serial number; the name of the vessel, live-375

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aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration number of the 376
vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; and a description, 377
including color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or 378
houseboat. 379
3. Any change in any of the information required to be 380
provided pursuant to this paragraph, including, but not limited 381
to, any change in the career offender's permanent, temporary, or 382
transient residence; name; home telephone numbers and cellular 383
telephone numbers; employment information; and vehicles owned 384
after the career offender reports in person at the sheriff's 385
office must be reported in the manner provided in subsections 386
(5)-(8). 387
(c)2. Provide any other information determined necessary 388
by the department, including criminal and corrections records; 389
nonprivileged personnel and treatment records; and evidentiary 390
genetic markers, when available. When 391
(b) If a career offender registers with the sheriff's 392
office, the sheriff shall take a photograph, and a set of 393
fingerprints, and palm prints of the career offender and forward 394
the photographs, and fingerprints, and palm prints to the 395
department, along with the information that the career offender 396
is required to provide pursuant to this section. The sheriff 397
shall promptly provide to the department the information 398
received from the career offender. 399
(d)(c) Within 48 hours 2 working days after the report 400

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registration required under this subsection paragraph (a), a 401
career offender who is not incarcerated and who resides in the 402
community, including a career offender under the supervision of 403
the Department of Corrections pursuant to s. 944.608, shall 404
report register in person at a driver license office of the 405
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, unless a driver 406
license or identification card that complies with s. 322.141(3) 407
was previously secured or updated under s. 944.608 and shall 408
present proof of registration. At the driver license office, the 409
career offender shall: 410
1. If otherwise qualified, secure a Florida driver 411
license, renew a Florida driver license, or secure an 412
identification card. The career offender shall identify himself 413
or herself as a career offender who is required to comply with 414
this section and shall provide proof that the career offender 415
reported as required in this subsection. The career offender 416
shall provide any of the information specified in this 417
subsection, if requested. The career offender shall submit to 418
the taking of a photograph for use in issuing a driver license, 419
renewed license, or identification card, and for use by the 420
department in maintaining current records of career offenders, 421
provide his or her place of permanent or temporary residence, 422
including a rural route address or a post office box, and submit 423
to the taking of a photograph for use in issuing a driver 424
license, renewed license, or identification card, and for use by 425

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the department in maintaining current records of career 426
offenders. The career offender may not provide a post office box 427
in lieu of a physical residential address. If the career 428
offender's place of residence is a motor vehicle, trailer, 429
mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined in chapter 320, 430
the career offender shall also provide to the Department of 431
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles the vehicle identification 432
number; the license tag number; the motor vehicle registration 433
number; and a description, including color scheme, of the motor 434
vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home. If a career 435
offender's place of residence is a vessel, live-aboard vessel, 436
or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the career offender 437
shall also provide to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 438
Vehicles the hull identification number; the manufacturer's 439
serial number; the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or 440
houseboat; the registration number; and a description, including 441
color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. 442
2. Pay the costs assessed by the Department of Highway 443
Safety and Motor Vehicles for issuing or renewing a driver 444
license or identification card as required by this section. The 445
driver license or identification card issued must be in 446
compliance with s. 322.141(3). 447
3. Provide, upon request, any additional information 448
necessary to confirm the identity of the career offender, 449
including a set of fingerprints. 450

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(5) MAINTAINING REGISTRATION.— 451
(a)(d) Each time a career offender's driver license or 452
identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard 453
to the status of the career offender's driver license or 454
identification card, within 48 hours 2 working days after any 455
change of the career offender's residence or change in the 456
career offender's name by reason of marriage or other legal 457
process, the career offender must report in person to a driver 458
license office, and shall be subject to the requirements 459
specified in paragraph (4)(d) (c). The Department of Highway 460
Safety and Motor Vehicles shall forward to the department and to 461
the Department of Corrections all photographs and information 462
provided by career offenders. Notwithstanding the restrictions 463
set forth in s. 322.142, the Department of Highway Safety and 464
Motor Vehicles may release a reproduction of a color-photograph 465
or digital-image license to the department for purposes of 466
public notification of career offenders as provided in this 467
section and ss. 775.26 and 944.609. A career offender who is 468
unable to secure or update a driver license or an identification 469
card with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as 470
provided in paragraph (4)(d) and this subsection shall report 471
any change in the career offender's name by reason of marriage 472
or other legal process within 48 hours after the change in 473
person to the sheriff's office in the county where the career 474
offender resides or is located. The reporting requirements under 475

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this paragraph do not negate the requirement for a career 476
offender to obtain a Florida driver license or an identification 477
card as required in this section. 478
(b) A career offender shall report in person to the 479
sheriff's office within 48 hours after any change in vehicles 480
owned to report those vehicle information changes. 481
(c) A career offender shall register all changes to home 482
telephone numbers and cellular telephone numbers, including 483
added and deleted numbers, and all changes to employment 484
information, including the creation of a new business if self-485
employed, in person at the sheriff's office, or in person at the 486
Department of Corrections if the career offender is in the 487
custody or control, or under the supervision, of the Department 488
of Corrections. All changes required to be reported under this 489
paragraph must be reported within 48 hours after the change. 490
(d) If the career offender is in the custody of a local 491
jail, the custodian of the local jail shall notify the 492
department within 3 business days after intake of the career 493
offender for any reason and upon release. The custodian of the 494
local jail shall also take a digitized photograph of the career 495
offender while the career offender remains in custody and shall 496
provide the digitized photograph to the department. The 497
custodian shall notify the department if the career offender 498
escapes from custody or dies. 499
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INITIAL REGISTRATION.— 501
(a) Each time a career offender's driver license or 502
identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard 503
to the status of the career offender's driver license or 504
identification card, within 48 hours after any change in the 505
career offender's permanent, temporary, or transient residence, 506
the career offender must report in person to a driver license 507
office and shall be subject to the requirements specified in 508
paragraph (4)(d). The Department of Highway Safety and Motor 509
Vehicles shall forward to the department and to the Department 510
of Corrections all photographs and information provided by 511
career offenders. Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in 512
s. 322.142, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 513
may release a reproduction of a color-photograph or digital-514
image license to the department for purposes of public 515
notification of career offenders as provided in this section and 516
ss. 775.26 and 944.609. A career offender who is unable to 517
secure or update a driver license or an identification card with 518
the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as provided 519
in paragraph (4)(d) and this subsection shall report any change 520
in the career offender's permanent, temporary, or transient 521
residence within 48 hours after the change in person to the 522
sheriff's office in the county where the career offender resides 523
or is located. The reporting requirements under this paragraph 524
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Florida driver license or an identification card as required in 526
this section. This paragraph does not apply to an in-state 527
travel residence. 528
(b) A career offender shall report an in-state travel 529
residence within 48 hours after establishing the residence. The 530
report shall be made in person at the sheriff's office in the 531
county in which the career offender is located, or in person at 532
the Department of Corrections if the career offender is in the 533
custody or control, or under the supervision of, the Department 534
of Corrections. 535
(c) A career offender who vacates a permanent, temporary, 536
or transient residence and fails to establish or maintain 537
another permanent, temporary, or transient residence shall, 538
within 48 hours after vacating the permanent, temporary, or 539
transient residence, report in person to the sheriff's office of 540
the county in which he or she is located. The career offender 541
shall specify the date upon which he or she intends to or did 542
vacate such residence. The career offender must provide or 543
update all of the registration information required under 544
paragraph (4)(b). The career offender must provide an address 545
for the residence or other place where he or she is or will be 546
located during the time in which he or she fails to establish or 547
maintain a permanent, temporary, or transient residence. 548
(d) A career offender who remains at a permanent, 549
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intent to vacate such residence shall, within 48 hours after the 551
date upon which the career offender indicated he or she would or 552
did vacate such residence, report in person to the agency to 553
which he or she reported pursuant to paragraph (c) for the 554
purpose of reporting his or her address at such residence. When 555
the sheriff receives the report, the sheriff shall promptly 556
provide the information to the department. An offender who makes 557
a report as required under paragraph (c) but fails to make a 558
report as required under this paragraph commits a felony of the 559
second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, 560
or s. 775.084. 561
(7) ESTABLISHING A NON-FLORIDA RESIDENCE.— 562
(e) If the career offender registers at an office of the 563
department, the department must notify the sheriff and, if 564
applicable, the police chief of the municipality, where the 565
career offender maintains a residence within 48 hours after the 566
career offender registers with the department. 567
(a)(f) A career offender who intends to establish a 568
permanent, temporary, or transient residence in another state or 569
jurisdiction other than the State of Florida shall report in 570
person to the sheriff of the county of current residence at 571
least 48 hours or the department within 2 working days before 572
the date he or she intends to leave this state to establish 573
residence in another state or jurisdiction other than the State 574
of Florida. Any travel that is not known by the career offender 575

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48 hours before he or she intends to establish a residence in 576
another state or jurisdiction must be reported in person to the 577
sheriff's office as soon as possible before departure. If the 578
career offender is under the supervision of the Department of 579
Corrections, the career offender shall notify the supervising 580
probation officer of his or her intent to transfer supervision, 581
satisfy all transfer requirements pursuant to the Interstate 582
Compact for Supervision of Adult Offenders, as provided in s. 583
949.07, and abide by the decision of the receiving jurisdiction 584
to accept or deny transfer. The career offender must provide to 585
the sheriff or department the address, municipality, county, and 586
state or jurisdiction of intended residence. The sheriff shall 587
promptly provide to the department the information received from 588
the career offender. The failure of a career offender to provide 589
his or her intended place of residence is punishable as provided 590
in subsection (13) (8). 591
(b)(g) A career offender who indicates his or her intent 592
to establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence 593
reside in another a state or jurisdiction other than the State 594
of Florida and later decides to remain in this state shall, 595
within 48 hours 2 working days after the date upon which the 596
career offender indicated he or she would leave this state, 597
report in person to the sheriff's office sheriff or the 598
department, whichever agency is the agency to which the career 599
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or transient residence and report, of his or her intent to 601
remain in this state. If the sheriff is notified by the career 602
offender that he or she intends to remain in this state, The 603
sheriff shall promptly report this information to the 604
department. A career offender who reports his or her intent to 605
establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence reside 606
in another a state or jurisdiction other than the State of 607
Florida, but who remains in this state without reporting to the 608
sheriff or the department in the manner required by this 609
paragraph, commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as 610
provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 611
(8) ANNUAL REREGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.— 612
(a) A career offender must report in person each year 613
during the month of the career offender's birthday to the 614
sheriff's office in the county in which he or she maintains a 615
permanent, temporary, or transient residence or is otherwise 616
located to reregister. 617
(b) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate 618
times and days for reporting by the career offender, which must 619
be consistent with the reporting requirements of this 620
subsection. Reregistration must include any changes to the 621
following information: 622
1. Name; social security number; race; sex; date of birth; 623
height; weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying 624
marks; fingerprints; palm prints; photograph; employment 625

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information, including occupation, business name, employment 626
address, and telephone number; address of permanent residence 627
and address of any current temporary residence, within the state 628
or out of state, including a rural route address and a post 629
office box; if he or she has no permanent or temporary address, 630
any transient residence within this state; address, location or 631
description, and dates of any current or known future temporary 632
residence within the state or out of state; the make, model, 633
color, vehicle identification number (VIN), and license tag 634
number of all vehicles owned; and all home telephone numbers and 635
cellular telephone numbers. A post office box may not be 636
provided in lieu of a physical residential address. The career 637
offender shall also produce his or her passport, if he or she 638
has a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, shall produce or 639
provide information about documents establishing his or her 640
immigration status. The career offender shall also provide 641
information about any professional licenses he or she has. 642
2. If the career offender's place of residence is a motor 643
vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as those 644
terms are defined in chapter 320, the career offender shall also 645
provide the vehicle identification number (VIN); the license tag 646
number; the registration number; and a description, including 647
color scheme, of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or 648
manufactured home. If the career offender's place of residence 649
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are defined in chapter 327, the career offender shall also 651
provide the hull identification number; the manufacturer's 652
serial number; the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or 653
houseboat; the registration number of the vessel, live-aboard 654
vessel, or houseboat; and a description, including color scheme, 655
of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. 656
(c) The sheriff's office shall electronically submit to 657
and update with the department, in a manner prescribed by the 658
department, all such information provided by the career offender 659
within 2 business days after the career offender provides it to 660
the sheriff's office. 661
(9) VERIFICATION.—County and local law enforcement 662
agencies, in conjunction with the department, shall verify the 663
addresses of career offenders who are not under the care, 664
custody, control, or supervision of the Department of 665
Corrections at least one time per calendar year, and may verify 666
the addresses of career offenders who are under the care, 667
custody, control, or supervision of the Department of 668
Corrections. Local law enforcement agencies shall report to the 669
department any failure by a career offender to comply with 670
registration requirements. 671
(h)1. The department shall maintain online computer access 672
to the current information regarding each registered career 673
offender. The department must maintain hotline access so that 674
state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies may obtain 675

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instantaneous locator file and criminal characteristics 676
information on release and registration of career offenders for 677
purposes of monitoring, tracking, and prosecution. The 678
photograph and fingerprints need not be stored in a computerized 679
format. 680
2. The department's career offender registration list, 681
containing the information described in subparagraph (a)1., is a 682
public record. The department may disseminate this public 683
information by any means deemed appropriate, including operating 684
a toll-free telephone number for this purpose. When the 685
department provides information regarding a career offender to 686
the public, department personnel must advise the person making 687
the inquiry that positive identification of a person believed to 688
be a career offender cannot be established unless a fingerprint 689
comparison is made, and that it is illegal to use public 690
information regarding a career offender to facilitate the 691
commission of a crime. 692
3. The department shall adopt guidelines as necessary 693
regarding the registration of a career offender and the 694
dissemination of information regarding a career offender as 695
required by this section. 696
(10)(i) RELIEF FROM REGISTRATION.—A career offender must 697
maintain registration with the department for the duration of 698
his or her life, unless the career offender has received a full 699
pardon or has had a conviction set aside in a postconviction 700

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proceeding for any offense or offenses that meet meets the 701
criteria for classifying the person as a career offender for 702
purposes of registration. However, a registered career offender 703
shall be considered for removal of the requirement to register 704
as a career offender only if he or she who has been lawfully 705
released from confinement, supervision, or sanction, whichever 706
is later, for at least 20 years and has not been arrested for 707
any felony or misdemeanor offense since release. 708
(a) If the career offender meets the criteria in this 709
subsection, the career offender may, for the purpose of removing 710
the requirement for registration as a career offender, petition 711
the criminal division of the circuit court of the circuit in 712
which the registered career offender designation initially 713
occurred resides for the purpose of removing the requirement for 714
registration as a career offender. 715
(b) The court may grant or deny such relief if the 716
registered career offender demonstrates to the court that he or 717
she has not been arrested for any crime since release and the 718
court is otherwise satisfied that the registered career offender 719
is not a current or potential threat to public safety. The 720
department and the state attorney in the circuit in which the 721
petition is filed must be given notice of the petition at least 722
3 weeks before the hearing on the matter. The department and the 723
state attorney may present evidence in opposition to the 724
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the petition should be denied. If the court denies the petition, 726
the court may set a future date at which the registered career 727
offender may again petition the court for relief, subject to the 728
standards for relief provided in this subsection paragraph. 729
(c) The department shall remove a person from 730
classification as a career offender for purposes of registration 731
if the person provides to the department a certified copy of the 732
court's written findings or order that indicates that the person 733
is no longer required to comply with the requirements for 734
registration as a career offender. 735
(11)(5) COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.— 736
(a) Law enforcement agencies may inform the community and 737
the public of the presence of a career offender in the 738
community. Upon notification of the presence of a career 739
offender, the sheriff of the county or the chief of police of 740
the municipality where the career offender establishes or 741
maintains a permanent, or temporary, or transient residence may 742
notify the community and the public of the presence of the 743
career offender in a manner deemed appropriate by the sheriff or 744
the chief of police. 745
(b) The sheriff or the police chief may coordinate the 746
community and public notification efforts with the department. 747
Statewide notification to the public is authorized, as deemed 748
appropriate by local law enforcement personnel and the 749
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(c)1. The department is responsible for the online 751
maintenance of the current information regarding each career 752
offender. The department must maintain hotline access for state, 753
local, and federal law enforcement agencies to obtain 754
instantaneous locator file and criminal characteristics 755
information on release and registration of career offenders for 756
the purposes of monitoring, tracking, and prosecution. The 757
photograph and fingerprints need not be stored in a computerized 758
format. 759
2. The department's career offender registration list is a 760
public record. The department may disseminate this public 761
information by any means deemed appropriate, including operating 762
a toll-free telephone number for this purpose. When the 763
department provides information regarding a career offender to 764
the public, department personnel must advise the person making 765
the inquiry that positive identification of a person believed to 766
be a career offender cannot be established unless a fingerprint 767
comparison is made, and that it is illegal to use public 768
information regarding a career offender to facilitate the 769
commission of a crime. 770
3. The department shall adopt guidelines as necessary 771
regarding the registration of a career offender and the 772
dissemination of information regarding a career offender as 773
required by this section. However, the department may not 774
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maintained by the department any information regarding a vehicle 776
that is owned by a person who is not required to register as a 777
career offender. 778
(6) VERIFICATION.—The department and the Department of 779
Corrections shall implement a system for verifying the addresses 780
of career offenders. The sheriff of each county shall annually 781
verify the addresses of career offenders who are not under the 782
care, custody, control, or supervision of the Department of 783
Corrections. The sheriff shall promptly provide the address 784
verification information to the department in an electronic 785
format. The address verification information must include the 786
verifying person's name, agency, and phone number, the date of 787
verification, and the method of verification, and must specify 788
whether the address information was verified as correct, 789
incorrect, or unconfirmed. 790
(12)(7) IMMUNITY.—The department, the Department of 791
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Department of 792
Corrections, any law enforcement agency in this state, and the 793
personnel of those departments; an elected or appointed 794
official, public employee, or school administrator; or an 795
employee, agency, or any individual or entity acting at the 796
request or upon the direction of any law enforcement agency is 797
immune from civil liability for damages for good faith 798
compliance with the requirements of this section or for the 799
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to have acted in good faith in compiling, recording, reporting, 801
or releasing the information. The presumption of good faith is 802
not overcome if a technical or clerical error is made by the 803
department, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 804
the Department of Corrections, the personnel of those 805
departments, or any individual or entity acting at the request 806
or upon the direction of any of those departments in compiling 807
or providing information, or if information is incomplete or 808
incorrect because a career offender fails to report or falsely 809
reports his or her current place of permanent, or temporary, or 810
transient residence. 811
(13)(8) PENALTIES.— 812
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, a career 813
offender who fails to register; who fails, after registration, 814
to maintain, acquire, or renew a driver license or an 815
identification card; who fails to provide required location 816
information or change-of-name information; who fails to provide 817
all home telephone numbers and cellular telephone numbers; who 818
fails to report any changes to employment information, including 819
the addition of new employment, termination of existing 820
employment, and changes to the occupation, business name, 821
employment address, and telephone number of previously reported 822
employment; who fails to report any changes to vehicles owned, 823
including the addition of new vehicles and changes to the make, 824
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tag numbers of previously reported vehicles; who fails to make a 826
required report in connection with vacating a permanent 827
residence; who fails to reregister as required; who fails to 828
respond to any address verification correspondence from the 829
department or from county or local law enforcement agencies 830
within 3 weeks after the date of the correspondence; who 831
knowingly provides false registration information by act or 832
omission; or who otherwise fails, by act or omission, to comply 833
with the requirements of this section, commits a felony of the 834
third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, 835
or s. 775.084. Each instance of failure to register or report 836
changes to the required information specified in this paragraph 837
constitutes a separate offense. 838
(b) A career offender who commits any act or omission in 839
violation of this section, s. 944.608, or s. 944.609 may be 840
prosecuted for the act or omission in the county in which the 841
act or omission was committed, in the county of the last 842
registered address of the career offender, in the county in 843
which the conviction occurred for the offense or offenses that 844
meet the criteria for designating a person as a career offender, 845
in the county in which he or she was designated a career 846
offender, in the county where the career offender was released 847
from incarceration, or in the county of the intended address of 848
the career offender as reported by the offender before his or 849
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(c) An arrest on charges of failure to register when the 851
career offender has been provided and advised of his or her 852
statutory obligations to register under this section, the 853
service of an information or a complaint for a violation of this 854
section, or an arraignment on charges for a violation of this 855
section constitutes actual notice of the duty to register. A 856
career offender's failure to register immediately as required by 857
this section following such arrest, service, or arraignment 858
constitutes grounds for a subsequent charge of failure to 859
register. A career offender charged with the crime of failure to 860
register who asserts, or intends to assert, a lack of notice of 861
the duty to register as a defense to a charge of failure to 862
register shall immediately register as required by this section. 863
A career offender who is charged with a subsequent failure to 864
register may not assert the defense of a lack of notice of the 865
duty to register. Registration following such arrest, service, 866
or arraignment is not a defense and does not relieve the career 867
offender of criminal liability for the failure to register. 868
(d)(b) Any person who misuses public records information 869
concerning a career offender, as defined in this section, or a 870
career offender, as defined in s. 944.608 or s. 944.609, to 871
secure a payment from such career offender; who knowingly 872
distributes or publishes false information concerning such a 873
career offender which the person misrepresents as being public 874
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information with the intent to misrepresent the information, 876
including documents, summaries of public records information 877
provided by law enforcement agencies, or public records 878
information displayed by law enforcement agencies on websites or 879
provided through other means of communication, commits a 880
misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 881
775.082 or s. 775.083. 882
(9) PROSECUTIONS FOR ACTS OR OMISSIONS.—A career offender 883
who commits any act or omission in violation of this section, s. 884
944.608, or s. 944.609 may be prosecuted for the act or omission 885
in the county in which the act or omission was committed, the 886
county of the last registered address of the career offender, 887
the county in which the conviction occurred for the offense or 888
offenses that meet the criteria for designating a person as a 889
career offender, or in the county in which he or she was 890
designated a career offender. 891
(14)(10) PENALTIES FOR ASSISTING IN CAREER OFFENDER 892
NONCOMPLIANCE.—Any It is a misdemeanor of the first degree, 893
punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for a person 894
who has reason to believe that a career offender is not 895
complying, or has not complied, with the requirements of this 896
section and who, with the intent to assist the career offender 897
in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to find the 898
career offender to question the career offender about, or to 899
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the requirements of this section, to: 901
(a) Withholds Withhold information from, or does not fail 902
to notify, the law enforcement agency about the career 903
offender's noncompliance with the requirements of this section 904
and, if known, the whereabouts of the career offender; 905
(b) Harbors Harbor or attempts attempt to harbor, or 906
assists assist another person in harboring or attempting to 907
harbor, the career offender; 908
(c) Conceals Conceal or attempts attempt to conceal, or 909
assists assist another person in concealing or attempting to 910
conceal, the career offender; or 911
(d) Provides Provide information to the law enforcement 912
agency regarding the career offender which the person knows to 913
be false information, 914
915
commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 916
s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 917
Section 3. Section 944.608, Florida Statutes, is amended 918
to read: 919
944.608 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of 920
information on career offenders.— 921
(1) As used in this section, the term: 922
(a) "Career offender" means a person who is in the custody 923
or control of, or under the supervision of, the department or is 924
in the custody or control of, or under the supervision of, a 925

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contractor-operated correctional facility, and who is designated 926
as a habitual violent felony offender, a violent career 927
criminal, or a three-time violent felony offender under s. 928
775.084 or as a prison releasee reoffender under s. 775.082(9). 929
(b) "Permanent residence," "temporary residence," and 930
"transient residence" have the same meaning as provided in s. 931
775.261. 932
(c) "Professional license" has the same meaning as 933
provided in s. 775.261. 934
(d) "Vehicles owned" has the same meaning as provided in s. 935
775.261. 936
(2) If a career offender is not sentenced to a term of 937
imprisonment, the clerk of the court shall ensure that the 938
career offender's fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the 939
Department of Law Enforcement within 48 hours after the court 940
sentences the career offender. The fingerprints shall be clearly 941
marked "Career Offender Registration." 942
(3) A career offender, as described in this section, who 943
is under the supervision of the department but is not 944
incarcerated must register with the department within 3 business 945
days after sentencing and provide information as required by 946
this subsection. 947
(a) The career offender shall provide his or her name; 948
date of birth; social security number; race; sex gender; date of 949
birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other 950

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identifying marks; employment information required to be 951
provided pursuant to s. 775.261; and permanent or legal 952
residence and address of temporary residence within the state or 953
out of state while the career offender is under supervision in 954
this state, including any rural route address and a or post 955
office box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient 956
residence within this state; and address, location or 957
description, and dates of any current or known future temporary 958
residence within this state or out of state; the make, model, 959
color, vehicle identification number (VIN), and license tag 960
number of all vehicles owned; and all home telephone numbers and 961
cellular telephone numbers required to be provided pursuant to 962
s. 775.261. The career offender shall also produce his or her 963
passport, if he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is an 964
alien, shall produce or provide information about documents 965
establishing his or her immigration status. The career offender 966
shall also provide information about any professional licenses 967
he or she has. The department shall verify the address of each 968
career offender in the manner described in s. 775.261. The 969
department shall report to the Department of Law Enforcement any 970
failure by a career offender to comply with any registration 971
requirements. 972
(b) A career offender shall report in person to the 973
sheriff's office within 48 hours after any change in vehicles 974
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(4) In addition to notification and transmittal 976
requirements imposed by any other provision of law, the 977
department shall compile information on any career offender and 978
provide the information to the Department of Law Enforcement. 979
The information shall be made available electronically to the 980
Department of Law Enforcement as soon as this information is in 981
the department's database and must be in a format that is 982
compatible with the requirements of the Florida Crime 983
Information Center. 984
(5) The information provided to the Department of Law 985
Enforcement must include: 986
(a) The information obtained from the career offender 987
under subsection (3); 988
(b) The career offender's most current address and place 989
of permanent, and temporary, or transient residence or 990
residences within the state or out of state, the address, 991
location or description, and dates of any known future temporary 992
residence within this state or out of state while the career 993
offender is under supervision in this state, including the name 994
of the county or municipality in which the career offender 995
permanently or temporarily resides and, if known, the intended 996
place of permanent, or temporary, or transient residence or 997
residences and the address, location or description, and dates 998
of any current or known future temporary residence within this 999
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(c) The legal status of the career offender and the 1001
scheduled termination date of that legal status; 1002
(d) The location of, and local telephone number for, any 1003
Department of Corrections' office that is responsible for 1004
supervising the career offender; and 1005
(e) A digitized photograph of the career offender, which 1006
must have been taken within 60 days before the career offender 1007
is released from the custody of the department or a contractor-1008
operated correctional facility or within 60 days after the onset 1009
of the department's supervision of any career offender who is on 1010
probation, community control, conditional release, parole, 1011
provisional release, or control release. If the career offender 1012
is in the custody or control of, or under the supervision of, a 1013
contractor-operated correctional facility, the facility shall 1014
take a digitized photograph of the career offender within the 1015
time period provided in this paragraph and shall provide the 1016
photograph to the department. 1017
(6)(a) The department shall notify the Department of Law 1018
Enforcement if the career offender escapes, absconds, or dies 1019
while in the custody or control of, or under the supervision of, 1020
the department. 1021
(b) If any information provided by the department changes 1022
during the time the career offender is under the department's 1023
custody, control, or supervision, including any change in the 1024
career offender's name by reason of marriage or other legal 1025

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process, the department shall, in a timely manner, update the 1026
information and provide it to the Department of Law Enforcement 1027
in the manner prescribed in subsection (4). 1028
(7) If the career offender is in the custody of a local 1029
jail, the custodian of the local jail shall notify the 1030
Department of Law Enforcement within 3 business days after 1031
intake of the offender for any reason and upon release, and 1032
shall forward the information to the Department of Law 1033
Enforcement. The custodian of the local jail shall also take a 1034
digitized photograph of the career offender while the career 1035
offender remains in custody and shall provide the digitized 1036
photograph to the Department of Law Enforcement. 1037
(8) If the career offender is under federal supervision, 1038
the federal agency responsible for supervising the career 1039
offender may forward to the Department of Law Enforcement any 1040
information regarding the career offender which is consistent 1041
with the information provided by the department under this 1042
section, and may indicate whether use of the information is 1043
restricted to law enforcement purposes only or may be used by 1044
the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of public 1045
notification. 1046
(9)(7) A career offender, as described in this section, 1047
who is under the supervision of the department but who is not 1048
incarcerated shall, in addition to the registration requirements 1049
provided in subsection (3), register and obtain a distinctive 1050

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driver license or identification card in the manner provided in 1051
s. 775.261 s. 775.261(4)(c), unless the career offender is a 1052
sexual predator, in which case he or she shall register as 1053
required under s. 775.21, or is a sexual offender, in which case 1054
he or she shall register as required in s. 943.0435 or s. 1055
944.607. A career offender who fails to comply with the 1056
requirements of s. 775.261 s. 775.261(4) is subject to the 1057
penalties provided in s. 775.261(13) s. 775.261(8). 1058
(10)(a)(8) The failure of a career offender to submit to 1059
the taking of a digitized photograph, or to otherwise comply 1060
with the requirements of this section, is a felony of the third 1061
degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 1062
775.084. 1063
(b) A career offender who commits any act or omission in 1064
violation of this section may be prosecuted for the act or 1065
omission in the county in which the act or omission was 1066
committed, in the county of the last registered address of the 1067
career offender, in the county in which the conviction occurred 1068
for the offense or offenses that meet the criteria for 1069
designating a person as a career offender, in the county in 1070
which he or she was designated a career offender, in the county 1071
where the career offender was released from incarceration, or in 1072
the county of the intended address of the career offender as 1073
reported by the offender before his or her release from 1074
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(c) An arrest on charges of failure to register when the 1076
offender has been provided and advised of his or her statutory 1077
obligations to register under s. 775.261, the service of an 1078
information or a complaint for a violation of this section, or 1079
an arraignment on charges for a violation of this section 1080
constitutes actual notice of the duty to register. A career 1081
offender's failure to register immediately as required by this 1082
section following such arrest, service, or arraignment 1083
constitutes grounds for a subsequent charge of failure to 1084
register. A career offender charged with the crime of failure to 1085
register who asserts, or intends to assert, a lack of notice of 1086
the duty to register as a defense to a charge of failure to 1087
register shall register immediately as required by this section. 1088
A career offender who is charged with a subsequent failure to 1089
register may not assert the defense of a lack of notice of the 1090
duty to register. 1091
(d) Registration following such arrest, service, or 1092
arraignment is not a defense and does not relieve the career 1093
offender of criminal liability for the failure to register. 1094
(11)(9) The department, the Department of Highway Safety 1095
and Motor Vehicles, the Department of Law Enforcement, personnel 1096
of those departments, and any individual or entity acting at the 1097
request or upon the direction of those departments are immune 1098
from civil liability for damages for good faith compliance with 1099
this section, and shall be presumed to have acted in good faith 1100

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in compiling, recording, reporting, or providing information. 1101
The presumption of good faith is not overcome if technical or 1102
clerical errors are made by the department, the Department of 1103
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Department of Law 1104
Enforcement, personnel of those departments, or any individual 1105
or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of those 1106
departments in compiling, recording, reporting, or providing 1107
information, or, if the information is incomplete or incorrect 1108
because the information has not been provided by a person or 1109
agency required to provide the information, or because the 1110
information was not reported or was falsely reported. 1111
(12) Any person who has reason to believe that a career 1112
offender is not complying, or has not complied, with the 1113
requirements of this section and who, with the intent to assist 1114
the career offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is 1115
seeking to find the career offender to question the career 1116
offender about, or to arrest the career offender for, his or her 1117
noncompliance with the requirements of this section: 1118
(a) Withholds information from, or does not notify, the 1119
law enforcement agency about the career offender's noncompliance 1120
with the requirements of this section, and, if known, the 1121
whereabouts of the career offender; 1122
(b) Harbors or attempts to harbor, or assists another 1123
person in harboring or attempting to harbor, the career 1124
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(c) Conceals or attempts to conceal, or assists another 1126
person in concealing or attempting to conceal, the career 1127
offender; or 1128
(d) Provides information to the law enforcement agency 1129
regarding the career offender which the person knows to be false 1130
information, 1131
1132
commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 1133
s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. This subsection does not 1134
apply if the career offender is incarcerated in or is in the 1135
custody of a state correctional facility, a contractor-operated 1136
correctional facility, a local jail, or a federal correctional 1137
facility. 1138
(13)(a) A career offender must report in person each year 1139
during the month of the career offender's birthday to the 1140
sheriff's office in the county in which he or she maintains a 1141
permanent, temporary, or transient residence or is otherwise 1142
located to reregister. 1143
(b) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate 1144
times and days for reporting by the career offender, which must 1145
be consistent with the reporting requirements of this 1146
subsection. Reregistration must include any changes to the 1147
following information: 1148
1. Name; social security number; race; sex; date of birth; 1149
height; weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying 1150

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marks; fingerprints; palm prints; photograph; employment 1151
information required to be provided pursuant to s. 775.261; 1152
address of permanent residence and address of any current 1153
temporary residence, within the state or out of state, including 1154
a rural route address and a post office box; if no permanent or 1155
temporary address, any transient residence within this state; 1156
address, location or description, and dates of any current or 1157
known future temporary residence within the state or out of 1158
state; the make, model, color, vehicle identification number 1159
(VIN), and license tag number of all vehicles owned; and all 1160
home telephone numbers and cellular telephone numbers required 1161
to be provided pursuant to s. 775.261. A post office box may not 1162
be provided in lieu of a physical residential address. The 1163
career offender shall also produce his or her passport, if he or 1164
she has a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, shall produce 1165
or provide information about documents establishing his or her 1166
immigration status. The career offender shall also provide 1167
information about any professional licenses he or she has. 1168
2. If the career offender's place of residence is a motor 1169
vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as those 1170
terms are defined in chapter 320, the career offender shall also 1171
provide the vehicle identification number (VIN); the license tag 1172
number; the registration number; and a description, including 1173
color scheme, of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or 1174
manufactured home. If the career offender's place of residence 1175

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is a vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as those terms 1176
are defined in chapter 327, the career offender shall also 1177
provide the hull identification number; the manufacturer's 1178
serial number; the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or 1179
houseboat; the registration number of the vessel, live-aboard 1180
vessel, or houseboat; and a description, including color scheme, 1181
of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. 1182
3. Any career offender who fails to report in person as 1183
required at the sheriff's office, who fails to respond to any 1184
address verification correspondence from the department within 3 1185
weeks after the date of the correspondence, or who knowingly 1186
provides false registration information by act or omission 1187
commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 1188
s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 1189
(c) The sheriff's office shall, within 2 working days, 1190
electronically submit and update all information provided by the 1191
career offender to the Department of Law Enforcement in a manner 1192
prescribed by the Department of Law Enforcement. 1193
Section 4. Section 944.609, Florida Statutes, is amended 1194
to read: 1195
944.609 Career offenders; notification upon release.— 1196
(1) As used in this section, the term: 1197
(a) "Career offender" means a person who is in the custody 1198
or control of, or under the supervision of, the department or is 1199
in the custody or control of, or under the supervision of a 1200

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contractor-operated correctional facility, who is designated as 1201
a habitual violent felony offender, a violent career criminal, 1202
or a three-time violent felony offender under s. 775.084 or as a 1203
prison releasee reoffender under s. 775.082(9). 1204
(b) "Permanent residence," "temporary residence," and 1205
"transient residence" have the same meaning as provided in s. 1206
775.261. 1207
(c) "Professional license" has the same meaning as 1208
provided in s. 775.261. 1209
(d) "Vehicles owned" has the same meaning as provided in s. 1210
775.261. 1211
(2) The Legislature finds that certain career offenders, 1212
by virtue of their histories of offenses, present a threat to 1213
the public and to communities. Career offenders have a reduced 1214
expectation of privacy because of the public's interest in 1215
public safety and in the effective operation of government. The 1216
Legislature finds that requiring these career offenders to 1217
register for the purpose of tracking the career offenders and 1218
providing for notifying the public and a community of the 1219
presence of a career offender are important aids to law 1220
enforcement agencies, the public, and communities if the career 1221
offender engages again in criminal conduct. Registration is 1222
intended to aid law enforcement agencies in timely apprehending 1223
a career offender. Registration is not a punishment, but merely 1224
a status. Notification to the public and communities of the 1225

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presence of a career offender aids the public and communities in 1226
avoiding being victimized by the career offender. The 1227
Legislature intends to require the registration of career 1228
offenders and to authorize law enforcement agencies to notify 1229
the public and communities of the presence of a career offender. 1230
(3)(a) The department must provide information regarding 1231
any career offender who is being released after serving a period 1232
of incarceration for any offense, as follows: 1233
1. The department must provide the career offender's name, 1234
any change in the career offender's name by reason of marriage 1235
or other legal process, and any alias, if known; the 1236
correctional facility from which the career offender is 1237
released; the career offender's social security number, race, 1238
sex gender, date of birth, height, weight, and hair and eye 1239
color; tattoos or other identifying marks; address of any 1240
planned permanent residence or temporary residence, within this 1241
state or out of state, including a rural route address and a 1242
post office box; if no permanent or temporary address, any 1243
transient residence within this state; address, location or 1244
description, and dates of any current or known future temporary 1245
residence within this state or out of state; date and county of 1246
sentence and each crime for which the career offender was 1247
sentenced; a copy of the career offender's fingerprints, palm 1248
prints, and a digitized photograph taken within 60 days before 1249
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information, if known, required to be provided pursuant to s. 1251
775.261; all home telephone numbers and cellular telephone 1252
numbers required to be provided pursuant to s. 775.261; 1253
information about any professional licenses the career offender 1254
has, if known; and passport information, if he or she has a 1255
passport, and, if he or she is an alien, information about the 1256
documents establishing his or her immigration status and the 1257
career offender's intended residence address, if known. The 1258
department shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement if the 1259
career offender escapes, absconds, or dies. If the career 1260
offender is in the custody of a contractor-operated correctional 1261
facility, the facility shall take the digitized photograph of 1262
the career offender within 60 days before the career offender's 1263
release and provide this photograph to the Department of 1264
Corrections and also place it in the career offender's file. If 1265
the career offender is in the custody of a local jail, the 1266
custodian of the local jail shall notify the Department of Law 1267
Enforcement within 3 business days after intake of the offender 1268
for any reason and upon of the career offender's release, and 1269
provide to the Department of Law Enforcement the information 1270
specified in this paragraph and any information specified in 1271
subparagraph 2. which the Department of Law Enforcement 1272
requests. 1273
2. The department may provide any other information deemed 1274
necessary, including criminal and corrections records and 1275

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nonprivileged personnel and treatment records, when available. 1276
(b) The department must provide the information described 1277
in subparagraph (a)1. to: 1278
1. The sheriff of the county where the career offender was 1279
sentenced; 1280
2. The sheriff of the county and, if applicable, the 1281
police chief of the municipality, where the career offender 1282
plans to reside; 1283
3. The Department of Law Enforcement; 1284
4. When requested, the victim of the offense, the victim's 1285
parent or legal guardian if the victim is a minor, the lawful 1286
representative of the victim or of the victim's parent or 1287
guardian if the victim is a minor, or the next of kin if the 1288
victim is a homicide victim; and 1289
5. Any person who requests such information, 1290
1291
either within 6 months prior to the anticipated release of a 1292
career offender or as soon as possible if a career offender is 1293
released earlier than anticipated. All such information provided 1294
to the Department of Law Enforcement must be available 1295
electronically as soon as the information is in the agency's 1296
database and must be in a format that is compatible with the 1297
requirements of the Florida Crime Information Center. 1298
(c) Upon request, the department must provide the 1299
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1. The sheriff of the county where the career offender was 1301
sentenced; and 1302
2. The sheriff of the county and, if applicable, the 1303
police chief of the municipality, where the career offender 1304
plans to reside, 1305
1306
either within 6 months prior to the anticipated release of a 1307
career offender or as soon as possible if a career offender is 1308
released earlier than anticipated. 1309
(d) Upon receiving information regarding a career offender 1310
from the department, the Department of Law Enforcement, the 1311
sheriff, or the chief of police shall provide the information 1312
described in subparagraph (a)1. to any individual who requests 1313
such information and may release the information to the public 1314
in any manner deemed appropriate, unless the information is 1315
confidential or exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of 1316
the State Constitution. 1317
(4) This section authorizes the department or any law 1318
enforcement agency to may notify the community and the public of 1319
a career offender's presence in the community. However, with 1320
respect to a career offender who has been found to be a sexual 1321
predator under s. 775.21, the Department of Law Enforcement or 1322
any other law enforcement agency must inform the community and 1323
the public of the sexual predator's career offender's presence 1324
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(5) An elected or appointed official, public employee, 1326
school administrator or employee, or agency, or any individual 1327
or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of any law 1328
enforcement agency, is immune from civil liability for damages 1329
resulting from the good faith compliance with the requirements 1330
of this section or the release of information under this 1331
section. 1332
Section 5. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026. 1333