PROVIDED SUMMARY
Notice of Restoration of Voting Rights Information on Sentencing Scoresheets; Specifying information to be provided on sentencing scoresheets concerning restoration of voting rights; requiring that a scoresheet be provided to a defendant before a sentence is imposed, etc.
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AI-GENERATED
Requires courts to give defendants a voting rights notice before sentencing.
Courts must hand every defendant a scoresheet containing a notice about how their sentence affects voting rights before imposing the sentence.
The notice explains that voting rights are restored upon completing all terms of sentence, including parole, probation, and financial obligations.
For murder or felony sexual offenses, the notice states voting rights are not restored until civil rights are formally restored.
This ensures defendants understand the long-term voting consequences of their sentence before it is finalized.
KEY PROVISIONS
AIRequires the scoresheet to include a specific notice explaining how the sentence affects the defendant's voting rights.
“NOTICE CONCERNING VOTING RIGHTS: Article VI, s. 4(a) and (b) of the Florida Constitution provide the following concerning voting rights:”
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AIMandates that the scoresheet notice include the full text of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions regarding voting disqualification and restoration.
“No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil rights”
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AIRequires that a copy of the scoresheet containing the voting rights notice be provided to the defendant before the sentence is imposed.
“each defendant must receive a copy of the scoresheet containing the notice in paragraph (c) before a sentence is imposed”
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TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Messages
2/19/2026
Immediately certified -SJ 356
2/19/2026
Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 353
2/19/2026
Read 3rd time -SJ 353
2/19/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 353
2/18/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
2/18/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/17/2026
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
2/12/2026
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/4/2026
Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
1/30/2026
On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 37...
1/27/2026
Now in Ethics and Elections
1/26/2026
Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
1/21/2026
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 37...
12/16/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice; Ethics and Elections; Rules
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