1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to sexual offenders and predators; |
3 | amending s. 775.21, F.S.; replacing the definition of the |
4 | term "instant message name" with the definition of the |
5 | term "Internet identifier"; providing that voluntary |
6 | disclosure of specified information waives a disclosure |
7 | exemption for such information; conforming provisions; |
8 | requiring disclosure of passport and immigration status |
9 | information; requiring that a sexual predator who is |
10 | unable to secure or update a driver's license or |
11 | identification card within a specified period must report |
12 | specified information to the local sheriff's office within |
13 | a specified period after such change with confirmation |
14 | that he or she also reported such information to the |
15 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; revising |
16 | reporting requirements if a sexual predator plans to leave |
17 | the United States for more than a specified period; |
18 | creating s. 847.0141, F.S.; prohibiting a minor's |
19 | intentional or knowing use of an electronic communication |
20 | device to transmit, distribute, or display a visual |
21 | depiction of himself or herself that depicts nudity and is |
22 | harmful to minors; providing penalties; prohibiting a |
23 | minor's intentional or knowing possession of a visual |
24 | depiction of another minor that depicts nudity and is |
25 | harmful to minors; providing an exception; providing |
26 | penalties; providing duties for law enforcement officers; |
27 | providing for prosecution of a minor under other |
28 | provisions; amending s. 943.0435, F.S.; replacing the |
29 | definition of the term "instant message name" with the |
30 | definition of the term "Internet identifier"; conforming |
31 | provisions; requiring disclosure of passport and |
32 | immigration status information; requiring that a sexual |
33 | predator who is unable to secure or update a driver's |
34 | license or identification card within a specified period |
35 | must report specified information to the local sheriff's |
36 | office within a specified period of such change with |
37 | confirmation that he or she also reported such information |
38 | to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; |
39 | providing additional requirements for sexual offenders |
40 | intending to reside outside of the United States; amending |
41 | s. 943.04351, F.S.; requiring a specified national search |
42 | of registration information regarding sexual predators and |
43 | sexual offenders prior to appointment or employment of |
44 | persons by state agencies and governmental subdivisions; |
45 | amending s. 943.04354, F.S.; revising the age range |
46 | applicable to provisions allowing removal of the |
47 | requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual |
48 | predator in certain circumstances; revising eligibility |
49 | requirements for removal of the requirement to register as |
50 | a sexual offender or sexual predator; amending s. |
51 | 943.0437, F.S.; replacing the definition of the term |
52 | "instant message name" with the definition of the term |
53 | "Internet identifier"; conforming provisions; amending ss. |
54 | 944.606 and 944.607, F.S.; replacing the definition of the |
55 | term "instant message name" with the definition of the |
56 | term "Internet identifier"; conforming provisions; |
57 | requiring disclosure of passport and immigration status |
58 | information; amending s. 947.005, F.S.; revising the |
59 | definition of the term "risk assessment"; amending s. |
60 | 948.31, F.S.; providing that conditions imposed under that |
61 | section do not require oral pronouncement at the time of |
62 | sentencing and shall be considered standard conditions of |
63 | probation or community control for certain offenders; |
64 | removing a provision prohibiting contact with minors if |
65 | sexual offender treatment is recommended; amending ss. |
66 | 985.481 and 985.4815, F.S.; requiring disclosure of |
67 | passport and immigration status information by certain |
68 | sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent and certain |
69 | juvenile sexual offenders; providing severability; |
70 | providing an effective date. |
71 |
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72 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
73 |
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74 | Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (2), paragraphs |
75 | (a), (e), (g), (i), and (j) of subsection (6), paragraph (a) of |
76 | subsection (8), and paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section |
77 | 775.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
78 | 775.21 The Florida Sexual Predators Act.- |
79 | (2) DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term: |
80 | (i) "Internet identifier Instant message name" means all |
81 | electronic mail, chat, instant messenger, social networking, or |
82 | similar name used for Internet communication, but does not |
83 | include a date of birth, social security number, or personal |
84 | identification number (PIN) an identifier that allows a person |
85 | to communicate in real time with another person using the |
86 | Internet. Voluntary disclosure by the sexual predator of his or |
87 | her date of birth, social security number, or personal |
88 | identification number (PIN) as an Internet identifier waives the |
89 | disclosure exemption in this paragraph for such personal |
90 | information. |
91 | (6) REGISTRATION.- |
92 | (a) A sexual predator must register with the department |
93 | through the sheriff's office by providing the following |
94 | information to the department: |
95 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
96 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; photograph; address |
97 | of legal residence and address of any current temporary |
98 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
99 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
100 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
101 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
102 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
103 | state; all any electronic mail addresses address and all |
104 | Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
105 | provided pursuant to subparagraph (g)4.; all home telephone |
106 | numbers number and any cellular telephone numbers number; date |
107 | and place of any employment; date and place of each conviction; |
108 | fingerprints; and a brief description of the crime or crimes |
109 | committed by the offender. A post office box shall not be |
110 | provided in lieu of a physical residential address. The sexual |
111 | predator must also produce or provide information about his or |
112 | her passport, if he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is |
113 | an alien, must produce or provide information about documents |
114 | establishing his or her immigration status. |
115 | a. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
116 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
117 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
118 | department written notice of the vehicle identification number; |
119 | the license tag number; the registration number; and a |
120 | description, including color scheme, of the motor vehicle, |
121 | trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home. If a sexual |
122 | predator's place of residence is a vessel, live-aboard vessel, |
123 | or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the sexual predator |
124 | shall also provide to the department written notice of the hull |
125 | identification number; the manufacturer's serial number; the |
126 | name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the |
127 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
128 | of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
129 | b. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
130 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
131 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
132 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
133 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
134 | enrollment or employment status. Each change in enrollment or |
135 | employment status shall be reported in person at the sheriff's |
136 | office, or the Department of Corrections if the sexual predator |
137 | is in the custody or control of or under the supervision of the |
138 | Department of Corrections, within 48 hours after any change in |
139 | status. The sheriff or the Department of Corrections shall |
140 | promptly notify each institution of the sexual predator's |
141 | presence and any change in the sexual predator's enrollment or |
142 | employment status. |
143 | 2. Any other information determined necessary by the |
144 | department, including criminal and corrections records; |
145 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records; and evidentiary |
146 | genetic markers when available. |
147 | (e)1. If the sexual predator is not in the custody or |
148 | control of, or under the supervision of, the Department of |
149 | Corrections or is not in the custody of a private correctional |
150 | facility, the sexual predator shall register in person: |
151 | a. At the sheriff's office in the county where he or she |
152 | establishes or maintains a residence within 48 hours after |
153 | establishing or maintaining a residence in this state; and |
154 | b. At the sheriff's office in the county where he or she |
155 | was designated a sexual predator by the court within 48 hours |
156 | after such finding is made. |
157 | 2. Any change in the sexual predator's permanent or |
158 | temporary residence, name, or all any electronic mail addresses |
159 | address and all Internet identifiers any instant message name |
160 | required to be provided pursuant to subparagraph (g)4., after |
161 | the sexual predator registers in person at the sheriff's office |
162 | as provided in subparagraph 1., shall be accomplished in the |
163 | manner provided in paragraphs (g), (i), and (j). When a sexual |
164 | predator registers with the sheriff's office, the sheriff shall |
165 | take a photograph and a set of fingerprints of the predator and |
166 | forward the photographs and fingerprints to the department, |
167 | along with the information that the predator is required to |
168 | provide pursuant to this section. |
169 | (g)1. Each time a sexual predator's driver's license or |
170 | identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard |
171 | to the status of the predator's driver's license or |
172 | identification card, within 48 hours after any change of the |
173 | predator's residence or change in the predator's name by reason |
174 | of marriage or other legal process, the predator shall report in |
175 | person to a driver's license office and shall be subject to the |
176 | requirements specified in paragraph (f). The Department of |
177 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall forward to the |
178 | department and to the Department of Corrections all photographs |
179 | and information provided by sexual predators. Notwithstanding |
180 | the restrictions set forth in s. 322.142, the Department of |
181 | Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to release a |
182 | reproduction of a color-photograph or digital-image license to |
183 | the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of public |
184 | notification of sexual predators as provided in this section. A |
185 | sexual predator who is unable to secure or update a driver's |
186 | license or identification card with the Department of Highway |
187 | Safety and Motor Vehicles as provided in paragraph (f) and this |
188 | paragraph must also report any change of the predator's |
189 | residence or change in the predator's name by reason of marriage |
190 | or other legal process within 48 hours after the change to the |
191 | sheriff's office in the county where the predator resides or is |
192 | located and provide confirmation that he or she reported such |
193 | information to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
194 | Vehicles. |
195 | 2. A sexual predator who vacates a permanent, temporary, |
196 | or transient residence and fails to establish or maintain |
197 | another permanent, temporary, or transient residence shall, |
198 | within 48 hours after vacating the permanent, temporary, or |
199 | transient residence, report in person to the sheriff's office of |
200 | the county in which he or she is located. The sexual predator |
201 | shall specify the date upon which he or she intends to or did |
202 | vacate such residence. The sexual predator must provide or |
203 | update all of the registration information required under |
204 | paragraph (a). The sexual predator must provide an address for |
205 | the residence or other place that he or she is or will be |
206 | located during the time in which he or she fails to establish or |
207 | maintain a permanent or temporary residence. |
208 | 3. A sexual predator who remains at a permanent, |
209 | temporary, or transient residence after reporting his or her |
210 | intent to vacate such residence shall, within 48 hours after the |
211 | date upon which the predator indicated he or she would or did |
212 | vacate such residence, report in person to the sheriff's office |
213 | to which he or she reported pursuant to subparagraph 2. for the |
214 | purpose of reporting his or her address at such residence. When |
215 | the sheriff receives the report, the sheriff shall promptly |
216 | convey the information to the department. An offender who makes |
217 | a report as required under subparagraph 2. but fails to make a |
218 | report as required under this subparagraph commits a felony of |
219 | the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
220 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
221 | 4. A sexual predator must register all any electronic mail |
222 | addresses and Internet identifiers address or instant message |
223 | name with the department prior to using such electronic mail |
224 | addresses and Internet identifiers address or instant message |
225 | name on or after October 1, 2007. The department shall establish |
226 | an online system through which sexual predators may securely |
227 | access and update all electronic mail address and Internet |
228 | identifier instant message name information. |
229 | (i) A sexual predator who intends to establish a |
230 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence in another state or |
231 | jurisdiction other than the State of Florida shall report in |
232 | person to the sheriff of the county of current residence within |
233 | 48 hours before the date he or she intends to leave this state |
234 | to establish residence in another state or jurisdiction or |
235 | within 21 days before his or her planned departure date if the |
236 | intended residence of 7 days or more is outside of the United |
237 | States. The sexual predator must provide to the sheriff the |
238 | address, municipality, county, and state, and country of |
239 | intended residence. The sheriff shall promptly provide to the |
240 | department the information received from the sexual predator. |
241 | The department shall notify the statewide law enforcement |
242 | agency, or a comparable agency, in the intended state, or |
243 | jurisdiction, or country of residence of the sexual predator's |
244 | intended residence. The failure of a sexual predator to provide |
245 | his or her intended place of residence is punishable as provided |
246 | in subsection (10). |
247 | (j) A sexual predator who indicates his or her intent to |
248 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence in |
249 | another state, a or jurisdiction other than the State of |
250 | Florida, or another country and later decides to remain in this |
251 | state shall, within 48 hours after the date upon which the |
252 | sexual predator indicated he or she would leave this state, |
253 | report in person to the sheriff to which the sexual predator |
254 | reported the intended change of residence, and report his or her |
255 | intent to remain in this state. If the sheriff is notified by |
256 | the sexual predator that he or she intends to remain in this |
257 | state, the sheriff shall promptly report this information to the |
258 | department. A sexual predator who reports his or her intent to |
259 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence in |
260 | another state, a or jurisdiction other than the State of |
261 | Florida, or another country, but who remains in this state |
262 | without reporting to the sheriff in the manner required by this |
263 | paragraph, commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as |
264 | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
265 | (8) VERIFICATION.-The department and the Department of |
266 | Corrections shall implement a system for verifying the addresses |
267 | of sexual predators. The system must be consistent with the |
268 | provisions of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety |
269 | Act of 2006 and any other federal standards applicable to such |
270 | verification or required to be met as a condition for the |
271 | receipt of federal funds by the state. The Department of |
272 | Corrections shall verify the addresses of sexual predators who |
273 | are not incarcerated but who reside in the community under the |
274 | supervision of the Department of Corrections and shall report to |
275 | the department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
276 | registration requirements. County and local law enforcement |
277 | agencies, in conjunction with the department, shall verify the |
278 | addresses of sexual predators who are not under the care, |
279 | custody, control, or supervision of the Department of |
280 | Corrections. Local law enforcement agencies shall report to the |
281 | department any failure by a sexual predator to comply with |
282 | registration requirements. |
283 | (a) A sexual predator must report in person each year |
284 | during the month of the sexual predator's birthday and during |
285 | every third month thereafter to the sheriff's office in the |
286 | county in which he or she resides or is otherwise located to |
287 | reregister. The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
288 | times and days for reporting by the sexual predator, which shall |
289 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this paragraph. |
290 | Reregistration shall include any changes to the following |
291 | information: |
292 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
293 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
294 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
295 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
296 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
297 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
298 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
299 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
300 | state; all any electronic mail addresses address and all |
301 | Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
302 | provided pursuant to subparagraph (6)(g)4.; all home telephone |
303 | numbers number and any cellular telephone numbers number; date |
304 | and place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, and |
305 | license tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post office |
306 | box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical residential |
307 | address. The sexual predator must also produce or provide |
308 | information about his or her passport, if he or she has a |
309 | passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must produce or provide |
310 | information about documents establishing his or her immigration |
311 | status. |
312 | 2. If the sexual predator is enrolled, employed, or |
313 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
314 | this state, the sexual predator shall also provide to the |
315 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
316 | including each campus attended, and the sexual predator's |
317 | enrollment or employment status. |
318 | 3. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a motor |
319 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
320 | in chapter 320, the sexual predator shall also provide the |
321 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
322 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
323 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
324 | home. If the sexual predator's place of residence is a vessel, |
325 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
326 | sexual predator shall also provide the hull identification |
327 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
328 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
329 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
330 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
331 | (10) PENALTIES.- |
332 | (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, a sexual |
333 | predator who fails to register; who fails, after registration, |
334 | to maintain, acquire, or renew a driver's license or |
335 | identification card; who fails to provide required location |
336 | information, electronic mail address information, Internet |
337 | identifier instant message name information, all home telephone |
338 | numbers number and any cellular telephone numbers number, or |
339 | change-of-name information; who fails to make a required report |
340 | in connection with vacating a permanent residence; who fails to |
341 | reregister as required; who fails to respond to any address |
342 | verification correspondence from the department within 3 weeks |
343 | of the date of the correspondence; or who otherwise fails, by |
344 | act or omission, to comply with the requirements of this |
345 | section, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as |
346 | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
347 | Section 2. Section 847.0141, Florida Statutes, is created |
348 | to read: |
349 | 847.0141 Unlawful electronic communication between minors; |
350 | possession of visual depiction of another minor.- |
351 | (1) It is unlawful for a minor to intentionally or |
352 | knowingly use an electronic communication device to transmit, |
353 | distribute, or display a visual depiction of himself or herself |
354 | that depicts nudity and is harmful to minors. |
355 | (2)(a) It is unlawful for a minor to intentionally or |
356 | knowingly posses a visual depiction of another minor that |
357 | depicts nudity and is harmful to minors. |
358 | (b) A minor does not violate paragraph (a) if all of the |
359 | following apply: |
360 | 1. The minor did not solicit the visual depiction. |
361 | 2. The minor took reasonable steps to report the visual |
362 | depiction to the minor's legal guardian or to a school or law |
363 | enforcement official. |
364 | 3. The minor did not transmit or distribute the visual |
365 | depiction to a third party. |
366 | (3) A minor who violates subsection (1) or subsection (2): |
367 | (a) Commits a noncriminal violation for a first violation, |
368 | punishable by 8 hours of community service or, if ordered by the |
369 | court in lieu of community service, a $60 fine. The court may |
370 | also order suitable training concerning such offenses and may |
371 | prohibit the use or possession of electronic devices, which may |
372 | include, but are not limited to, cellular telephones, cameras, |
373 | computers, or other electronic media devices. The court shall |
374 | order the confiscation of such unlawful material and authorize |
375 | the law enforcement agency in which the material is held to |
376 | destroy the unlawful material. |
377 | (b) Commits a misdemeanor of the second degree for a |
378 | violation that occurs after being found to have committed a |
379 | noncriminal violation under paragraph (a), punishable as |
380 | provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. The court must order |
381 | suitable training concerning such offenses and prohibit the use |
382 | or possession of electronic communication devices, which may |
383 | include, but are not limited to, cellular telephones, cameras, |
384 | computers, or other electronic media devices. The court shall |
385 | order the confiscation of such unlawful material and authorize |
386 | the law enforcement agency in which the material is held to |
387 | destroy the unlawful material. |
388 | (c) Commits a misdemeanor of the first degree for a |
389 | violation that occurs after being found to have committed a |
390 | misdemeanor of the second degree under paragraph (b), punishable |
391 | as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. The court must order |
392 | suitable training concerning such offenses or, if ordered by the |
393 | court in lieu of training, counseling and prohibit the use or |
394 | possession of electronic devices, which may include, but are not |
395 | limited to, cellular telephones, cameras, computers, or other |
396 | electronic media devices. The court shall order confiscation of |
397 | such unlawful material and authorize the law enforcement agency |
398 | in which the material is held to destroy the unlawful material. |
399 | (d) Commits a felony of the third degree for a violation |
400 | that occurs after being found to have committed a misdemeanor of |
401 | the first degree under paragraph (c), punishable as provided in |
402 | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The court must order a |
403 | mental health evaluation by a qualified practitioner, as defined |
404 | in s. 948.001, and treatment, if recommended by the |
405 | practitioner. The court shall order confiscation of such |
406 | unlawful material and authorize the law enforcement agency in |
407 | which the material is held to destroy the unlawful material. |
408 | (4) Whenever any law enforcement officer arrests any |
409 | person charged with any offense under this section, the officer |
410 | shall seize the prohibited material and take the material into |
411 | his or her custody to await the sentence of the court upon the |
412 | trial of the offender. |
413 | (5) This section does not prohibit the prosecution of a |
414 | minor for a violation of any law of this state if the electronic |
415 | communication includes the depiction of sexual conduct or sexual |
416 | excitement and does not prohibit the prosecution of a minor for |
417 | stalking under s. 784.048. |
418 | Section 3. Paragraphs (a) and (g) of subsection (1), |
419 | subsection (2), paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (4), |
420 | subsections (7) and (8), and paragraph (c) of subsection (14) of |
421 | section 943.0435, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
422 | 943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the |
423 | department; penalty.- |
424 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
425 | (a)1. "Sexual offender" means a person who meets the |
426 | criteria in sub-subparagraph a., sub-subparagraph b., sub- |
427 | subparagraph c., or sub-subparagraph d., as follows: |
428 | a.(I) Has been convicted of committing, or attempting, |
429 | soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal |
430 | offenses proscribed in the following statutes in this state or |
431 | similar offenses in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, |
432 | or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and the |
433 | defendant is not the victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011, |
434 | excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. |
435 | 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 826.04 where the victim is a minor and |
436 | the defendant is 18 years of age or older; s. 827.071; s. |
437 | 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. |
438 | 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense |
439 | committed in this state which has been redesignated from a |
440 | former statute number to one of those listed in this sub-sub- |
441 | subparagraph; and |
442 | (II) Has been released on or after October 1, 1997, from |
443 | the sanction imposed for any conviction of an offense described |
444 | in sub-sub-subparagraph (I). For purposes of sub-sub- |
445 | subparagraph (I), a sanction imposed in this state or in any |
446 | other jurisdiction includes, but is not limited to, a fine, |
447 | probation, community control, parole, conditional release, |
448 | control release, or incarceration in a state prison, federal |
449 | prison, private correctional facility, or local detention |
450 | facility; |
451 | b. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state and |
452 | who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a court of |
453 | this state but who has been designated as a sexual predator, as |
454 | a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender |
455 | designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a |
456 | result of such designation, subjected to registration or |
457 | community or public notification, or both, or would be if the |
458 | person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without |
459 | regard to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for |
460 | registration as a sexual offender; |
461 | c. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state who |
462 | is in the custody or control of, or under the supervision of, |
463 | any other state or jurisdiction as a result of a conviction for |
464 | committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, |
465 | any of the criminal offenses proscribed in the following |
466 | statutes or similar offense in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, |
467 | s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and |
468 | the defendant is not the victim's parent or guardian; s. |
469 | 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. |
470 | 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 825.1025; s. 826.04 where the victim is a |
471 | minor and the defendant is 18 years of age or older; s. 827.071; |
472 | s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; |
473 | s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar |
474 | offense committed in this state which has been redesignated from |
475 | a former statute number to one of those listed in this sub- |
476 | subparagraph; or |
477 | d. On or after July 1, 2007, has been adjudicated |
478 | delinquent for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or |
479 | conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in |
480 | the following statutes in this state or similar offenses in |
481 | another jurisdiction when the juvenile was 14 years of age or |
482 | older at the time of the offense: |
483 | (I) Section 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); |
484 | (II) Section 800.04(4)(b) where the victim is under 12 |
485 | years of age or where the court finds sexual activity by the use |
486 | of force or coercion; |
487 | (III) Section 800.04(5)(c)1. where the court finds |
488 | molestation involving unclothed genitals; or |
489 | (IV) Section 800.04(5)(d) where the court finds the use of |
490 | force or coercion and unclothed genitals. |
491 | 2. For all qualifying offenses listed in sub-subparagraph |
492 | (1)(a)1.d., the court shall make a written finding of the age of |
493 | the offender at the time of the offense. |
494 |
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495 | For each violation of a qualifying offense listed in this |
496 | subsection, the court shall make a written finding of the age of |
497 | the victim at the time of the offense. For a violation of s. |
498 | 800.04(4), the court shall additionally make a written finding |
499 | indicating that the offense did or did not involve sexual |
500 | activity and indicating that the offense did or did not involve |
501 | force or coercion. For a violation of s. 800.04(5), the court |
502 | shall additionally make a written finding that the offense did |
503 | or did not involve unclothed genitals or genital area and that |
504 | the offense did or did not involve the use of force or coercion. |
505 | (g) "Internet identifier Instant message name" has the |
506 | same meaning as provided in s. 775.21 means an identifier that |
507 | allows a person to communicate in real time with another person |
508 | using the Internet. |
509 | (2) A sexual offender shall: |
510 | (a) Report in person at the sheriff's office: |
511 | 1. In the county in which the offender establishes or |
512 | maintains a permanent, temporary, or transient residence within |
513 | 48 hours after: |
514 | a. Establishing permanent, temporary, or transient |
515 | residence in this state; or |
516 | b. Being released from the custody, control, or |
517 | supervision of the Department of Corrections or from the custody |
518 | of a private correctional facility; or |
519 | 2. In the county where he or she was convicted within 48 |
520 | hours after being convicted for a qualifying offense for |
521 | registration under this section if the offender is not in the |
522 | custody or control of, or under the supervision of, the |
523 | Department of Corrections, or is not in the custody of a private |
524 | correctional facility. |
525 |
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526 | Any change in the information required to be provided pursuant |
527 | to paragraph (b), including, but not limited to, any change in |
528 | the sexual offender's permanent, temporary, or transient |
529 | residence, name, all any electronic mail addresses address and |
530 | all Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
531 | provided pursuant to paragraph (4)(d), after the sexual offender |
532 | reports in person at the sheriff's office, shall be accomplished |
533 | in the manner provided in subsections (4), (7), and (8). |
534 | (b) Provide his or her name; date of birth; social |
535 | security number; race; sex; height; weight; hair and eye color; |
536 | tattoos or other identifying marks; occupation and place of |
537 | employment; address of permanent or legal residence or address |
538 | of any current temporary residence, within the state or out of |
539 | state, including a rural route address and a post office box; if |
540 | no permanent or temporary address, any transient residence |
541 | within the state, address, location or description, and dates of |
542 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
543 | or out of state; all home telephone numbers number and any |
544 | cellular telephone numbers number; all any electronic mail |
545 | addresses address and all Internet identifiers any instant |
546 | message name required to be provided pursuant to paragraph |
547 | (4)(d); date and place of each conviction; and a brief |
548 | description of the crime or crimes committed by the offender. A |
549 | post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical |
550 | residential address. The sexual offender must also produce or |
551 | provide information about his or her passport, if he or she has |
552 | a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must produce or |
553 | provide information about documents establishing his or her |
554 | immigration status. |
555 | 1. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
556 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
557 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
558 | department through the sheriff's office written notice of the |
559 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
560 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
561 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
562 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
563 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
564 | sexual offender shall also provide to the department written |
565 | notice of the hull identification number; the manufacturer's |
566 | serial number; the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or |
567 | houseboat; the registration number; and a description, including |
568 | color scheme, of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
569 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
570 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
571 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
572 | department through the sheriff's office the name, address, and |
573 | county of each institution, including each campus attended, and |
574 | the sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Each |
575 | change in enrollment or employment status shall be reported in |
576 | person at the sheriff's office, within 48 hours after any change |
577 | in status. The sheriff shall promptly notify each institution of |
578 | the sexual offender's presence and any change in the sexual |
579 | offender's enrollment or employment status. |
580 |
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581 | When a sexual offender reports at the sheriff's office, the |
582 | sheriff shall take a photograph and a set of fingerprints of the |
583 | offender and forward the photographs and fingerprints to the |
584 | department, along with the information provided by the sexual |
585 | offender. The sheriff shall promptly provide to the department |
586 | the information received from the sexual offender. |
587 | (4)(a) Each time a sexual offender's driver's license or |
588 | identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard |
589 | to the status of the offender's driver's license or |
590 | identification card, within 48 hours after any change in the |
591 | offender's permanent, temporary, or transient residence or |
592 | change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or other |
593 | legal process, the offender shall report in person to a driver's |
594 | license office, and shall be subject to the requirements |
595 | specified in subsection (3). The Department of Highway Safety |
596 | and Motor Vehicles shall forward to the department all |
597 | photographs and information provided by sexual offenders. |
598 | Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in s. 322.142, the |
599 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is authorized to |
600 | release a reproduction of a color-photograph or digital-image |
601 | license to the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of |
602 | public notification of sexual offenders as provided in this |
603 | section and ss. 943.043 and 944.606. A sexual offender who is |
604 | unable to secure or update a driver's license or identification |
605 | card with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as |
606 | provided in subsection (3) and this subsection must also report |
607 | any change in the sexual offender's permanent, temporary, or |
608 | transient residence or change in the offender's name by reason |
609 | of marriage or other legal process within 48 hours after the |
610 | change to the sheriff's office in the county where the offender |
611 | resides or is located and provide confirmation that he or she |
612 | reported such information to Department of Highway Safety and |
613 | Motor Vehicles. |
614 | (d) A sexual offender must register all any electronic |
615 | mail addresses and Internet identifiers address or instant |
616 | message name with the department prior to using such electronic |
617 | mail addresses and Internet identifiers address or instant |
618 | message name on or after October 1, 2007. The department shall |
619 | establish an online system through which sexual offenders may |
620 | securely access and update all electronic mail address and |
621 | Internet identifier instant message name information. |
622 | (7) A sexual offender who intends to establish a |
623 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence in another state or |
624 | jurisdiction other than the State of Florida shall report in |
625 | person to the sheriff of the county of current residence within |
626 | 48 hours before the date he or she intends to leave this state |
627 | to establish residence in another state or jurisdiction or |
628 | within 21 days before his or her planned departure date if the |
629 | intended residence of 7 days or more is outside of the United |
630 | States. The notification must include the address, municipality, |
631 | county, and state, and country of intended residence. The |
632 | sheriff shall promptly provide to the department the information |
633 | received from the sexual offender. The department shall notify |
634 | the statewide law enforcement agency, or a comparable agency, in |
635 | the intended state, or jurisdiction, or country of residence of |
636 | the sexual offender's intended residence. The failure of a |
637 | sexual offender to provide his or her intended place of |
638 | residence is punishable as provided in subsection (9). |
639 | (8) A sexual offender who indicates his or her intent to |
640 | establish a permanent, temporary, or transient residence in |
641 | another state, a or jurisdiction other than the State of |
642 | Florida, or another country and later decides to remain in this |
643 | state shall, within 48 hours after the date upon which the |
644 | sexual offender indicated he or she would leave this state, |
645 | report in person to the sheriff to which the sexual offender |
646 | reported the intended change of permanent, temporary, or |
647 | transient residence, and report his or her intent to remain in |
648 | this state. The sheriff shall promptly report this information |
649 | to the department. A sexual offender who reports his or her |
650 | intent to establish a permanent, temporary, or transient |
651 | residence in another state, a or jurisdiction other than the |
652 | State of Florida, or another country but who remains in this |
653 | state without reporting to the sheriff in the manner required by |
654 | this subsection commits a felony of the second degree, |
655 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
656 | (14) |
657 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
658 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
659 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
660 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
661 | following information: |
662 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
663 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
664 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
665 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
666 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
667 | temporary address, any transient residence within the state; |
668 | address, location or description, and dates of any current or |
669 | known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
670 | state; all any electronic mail addresses address and all |
671 | Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
672 | provided pursuant to paragraph (4)(d); all home telephone |
673 | numbers number and all any cellular telephone numbers number; |
674 | date and place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, |
675 | and license tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post |
676 | office box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical |
677 | residential address. The sexual offender must also produce or |
678 | provide information about his or her passport, if he or she has |
679 | a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must produce or |
680 | provide information about documents establishing his or her |
681 | immigration status. |
682 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
683 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
684 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
685 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
686 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
687 | enrollment or employment status. |
688 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
689 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
690 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
691 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
692 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
693 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
694 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
695 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
696 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
697 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
698 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
699 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
700 | vessel, live-aboard vessel or houseboat. |
701 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
702 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
703 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
704 | weeks of the date of the correspondence or who fails to report |
705 | all electronic mail addresses and all Internet identifiers or |
706 | instant message names, commits a felony of the third degree, |
707 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
708 | Section 4. Section 943.04351, Florida Statutes, is amended |
709 | to read: |
710 | 943.04351 Search of registration information regarding |
711 | sexual predators and sexual offenders required prior to |
712 | appointment or employment.-A state agency or governmental |
713 | subdivision, prior to making any decision to appoint or employ a |
714 | person to work, whether for compensation or as a volunteer, at |
715 | any park, playground, day care center, or other place where |
716 | children regularly congregate, must conduct a search of that |
717 | person's name or other identifying information against the |
718 | registration information regarding sexual predators and sexual |
719 | offenders maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement under |
720 | s. 943.043. The agency or governmental subdivision may conduct |
721 | the search using the Internet site maintained by the Department |
722 | of Law Enforcement. Also, a national search must be conducted |
723 | through the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website |
724 | maintained by the United States Department of Justice. This |
725 | section does not apply to those positions or appointments within |
726 | a state agency or governmental subdivision for which a state and |
727 | national criminal history background check is conducted. |
728 | Section 5. Section 943.04354, Florida Statutes, is amended |
729 | to read: |
730 | 943.04354 Removal of the requirement to register as a |
731 | sexual offender or sexual predator in special circumstances.- |
732 | (1) For purposes of this section, a person shall be |
733 | considered for removal of the requirement to register as a |
734 | sexual offender or sexual predator only if the person: |
735 | (a) Was or will be convicted or adjudicated delinquent of |
736 | a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. |
737 | 847.0135(5) or the person committed a violation of s. 794.011, |
738 | s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0135(5) for which adjudication |
739 | of guilt was or will be withheld, and the person does not have |
740 | any other conviction, adjudication of delinquency, or withhold |
741 | of adjudication of guilt for a violation of s. 794.011, s. |
742 | 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. 847.0135(5); |
743 | (b) Is required to register as a sexual offender or sexual |
744 | predator solely on the basis of this violation; and |
745 | (c) Is not more than 4 years older than the victim of this |
746 | violation who was 13 14 years of age or older but not more than |
747 | 18 17 years of age at the time the person committed this |
748 | violation. |
749 | (2) If a person meets the criteria in subsection (1) and |
750 | the violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 827.071, or s. |
751 | 847.0135(5) was committed on or after July 1, 2007, the person |
752 | may move the court that will sentence or dispose of this |
753 | violation to remove the requirement that the person register as |
754 | a sexual offender or sexual predator. The person must allege in |
755 | the motion that he or she meets the criteria in subsection (1) |
756 | and that removal of the registration requirement will not |
757 | conflict with federal law. The state attorney must be given |
758 | notice of the motion at least 21 days before the date of |
759 | sentencing or disposition of this violation and may present |
760 | evidence in opposition to the requested relief or may otherwise |
761 | demonstrate why the motion should be denied. At sentencing or |
762 | disposition of this violation, the court shall rule on this |
763 | motion and, if the court determines the person meets the |
764 | criteria in subsection (1) and the removal of the registration |
765 | requirement will not conflict with federal law, it may grant the |
766 | motion and order the removal of the registration requirement. If |
767 | the court denies the motion, the person is not authorized under |
768 | this section to petition for removal of the registration |
769 | requirement. |
770 | (3)(a) This subsection applies to a person who: |
771 | 1. Is not a person described in subsection (2) because the |
772 | violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, or s. 827.071 was not |
773 | committed on or after July 1, 2007; |
774 | 1.2. Is subject to registration as a sexual offender or |
775 | sexual predator for a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, or s. |
776 | 827.071; and |
777 | 2.3. Meets the criteria in subsection (1). |
778 | (b) A person may petition the court in which the sentence |
779 | or disposition for the violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, or s. |
780 | 827.071 occurred for removal of the requirement to register as a |
781 | sexual offender or sexual predator. The person must allege in |
782 | the petition that he or she meets the criteria in subsection (1) |
783 | and removal of the registration requirement will not conflict |
784 | with federal law. The state attorney must be given notice of the |
785 | petition at least 21 days before the hearing on the petition and |
786 | may present evidence in opposition to the requested relief or |
787 | may otherwise demonstrate why the petition should be denied. The |
788 | court shall rule on the petition and, if the court determines |
789 | the person meets the criteria in subsection (1) and removal of |
790 | the registration requirement will not conflict with federal law, |
791 | it may grant the petition and order the removal of the |
792 | registration requirement. If the court denies the petition, the |
793 | person is not authorized under this section to file any further |
794 | petition for removal of the registration requirement. |
795 | (4) If a person provides to the Department of Law |
796 | Enforcement a certified copy of the court's order removing the |
797 | requirement that the person register as a sexual offender or |
798 | sexual predator for the violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. |
799 | 827.071, or s. 847.0135(5), the registration requirement will |
800 | not apply to the person and the department shall remove all |
801 | information about the person from the public registry of sexual |
802 | offenders and sexual predators maintained by the department. |
803 | However, the removal of this information from the public |
804 | registry does not mean that the public is denied access to |
805 | information about the person's criminal history or record that |
806 | is otherwise available as a public record. |
807 | Section 6. Subsection (2) and paragraph (a) of subsection |
808 | (3) of section 943.0437, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
809 | 943.0437 Commercial social networking websites.- |
810 | (2) The department may provide information relating to |
811 | electronic mail addresses and Internet identifiers instant |
812 | message names maintained as part of the sexual offender registry |
813 | to commercial social networking websites or third parties |
814 | designated by commercial social networking websites. The |
815 | commercial social networking website may use this information |
816 | for the purpose of comparing registered users and screening |
817 | potential users of the commercial social networking website |
818 | against the list of electronic mail addresses and Internet |
819 | identifiers instant message names provided by the department. |
820 | (3) This section shall not be construed to impose any |
821 | civil liability on a commercial social networking website for: |
822 | (a) Any action voluntarily taken in good faith to remove |
823 | or disable any profile of a registered user associated with an |
824 | electronic mail address or Internet identifier instant message |
825 | name contained in the sexual offender registry. |
826 | Section 7. Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection (1) and |
827 | paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 944.606, Florida |
828 | Statutes, are amended to read: |
829 | 944.606 Sexual offenders; notification upon release.- |
830 | (1) As used in this section: |
831 | (b) "Sexual offender" means a person who has been |
832 | convicted of committing, or attempting, soliciting, or |
833 | conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in |
834 | the following statutes in this state or similar offenses in |
835 | another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), |
836 | where the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the |
837 | victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. |
838 | 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. |
839 | 825.1025; s. 826.04 where the victim is a minor and the |
840 | defendant is 18 years of age or older; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; |
841 | s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; |
842 | s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed |
843 | in this state which has been redesignated from a former statute |
844 | number to one of those listed in this subsection, when the |
845 | department has received verified information regarding such |
846 | conviction; an offender's computerized criminal history record |
847 | is not, in and of itself, verified information. |
848 | (d) "Internet identifier Instant message name" has the |
849 | same meaning as provided in s. 775.21 means an identifier that |
850 | allows a person to communicate in real time with another person |
851 | using the Internet. |
852 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
853 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
854 | of incarceration for any offense, as follows: |
855 | 1. The department must provide: the sexual offender's |
856 | name, any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or |
857 | other legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
858 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
859 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
860 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; address of any planned |
861 | permanent residence or temporary residence, within the state or |
862 | out of state, including a rural route address and a post office |
863 | box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient |
864 | residence within the state; address, location or description, |
865 | and dates of any known future temporary residence within the |
866 | state or out of state; date and county of sentence and each |
867 | crime for which the offender was sentenced; a copy of the |
868 | offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph taken within |
869 | 60 days before release; the date of release of the sexual |
870 | offender; all any electronic mail addresses address and all |
871 | Internet identifiers any instant message name required to be |
872 | provided pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); all and home telephone |
873 | numbers number and any cellular telephone numbers; and passport |
874 | information, if he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is |
875 | an alien, information about documents establishing his or her |
876 | immigration status number. The department shall notify the |
877 | Department of Law Enforcement if the sexual offender escapes, |
878 | absconds, or dies. If the sexual offender is in the custody of a |
879 | private correctional facility, the facility shall take the |
880 | digitized photograph of the sexual offender within 60 days |
881 | before the sexual offender's release and provide this photograph |
882 | to the Department of Corrections and also place it in the sexual |
883 | offender's file. If the sexual offender is in the custody of a |
884 | local jail, the custodian of the local jail shall register the |
885 | offender within 3 business days after intake of the offender for |
886 | any reason and upon release, and shall notify the Department of |
887 | Law Enforcement of the sexual offender's release and provide to |
888 | the Department of Law Enforcement the information specified in |
889 | this paragraph and any information specified in subparagraph 2. |
890 | that the Department of Law Enforcement requests. |
891 | 2. The department may provide any other information deemed |
892 | necessary, including criminal and corrections records, |
893 | nonprivileged personnel and treatment records, when available. |
894 | Section 8. Paragraphs (a) and (f) of subsection (1), |
895 | paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (b) of subsection |
896 | (6), and paragraph (c) of subsection (13) of section 944.607, |
897 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
898 | 944.607 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
899 | information on sexual offenders.- |
900 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
901 | (a) "Sexual offender" means a person who is in the custody |
902 | or control of, or under the supervision of, the department or is |
903 | in the custody of a private correctional facility: |
904 | 1. On or after October 1, 1997, as a result of a |
905 | conviction for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or |
906 | conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in |
907 | the following statutes in this state or similar offenses in |
908 | another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), |
909 | where the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the |
910 | victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. |
911 | 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. |
912 | 825.1025; s. 826.04 where the victim is a minor and the |
913 | defendant is 18 years of age or older; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; |
914 | s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; |
915 | s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed |
916 | in this state which has been redesignated from a former statute |
917 | number to one of those listed in this paragraph; or |
918 | 2. Who establishes or maintains a residence in this state |
919 | and who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a court |
920 | of this state but who has been designated as a sexual predator, |
921 | as a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender |
922 | designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a |
923 | result of such designation, subjected to registration or |
924 | community or public notification, or both, or would be if the |
925 | person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without |
926 | regard as to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for |
927 | registration as a sexual offender. |
928 | (f) "Internet identifier Instant message name" has the |
929 | same meaning as provided in s. 775.21 means an identifier that |
930 | allows a person to communicate in real time with another person |
931 | using the Internet. |
932 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
933 | is under the supervision of the Department of Corrections but is |
934 | not incarcerated must register with the Department of |
935 | Corrections within 3 business days after sentencing for a |
936 | registrable offense and otherwise provide information as |
937 | required by this subsection. |
938 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
939 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
940 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
941 | all any electronic mail addresses address and all Internet |
942 | identifiers any instant message name required to be provided |
943 | pursuant to s. 943.0435(4)(d); permanent or legal residence and |
944 | address of temporary residence within the state or out of state |
945 | while the sexual offender is under supervision in this state, |
946 | including any rural route address or post office box; if no |
947 | permanent or temporary address, any transient residence within |
948 | the state; and address, location or description, and dates of |
949 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
950 | or out of state. The sexual offender must also produce or |
951 | provide information about his or her passport, if he or she has |
952 | a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must produce or |
953 | provide information about documents establishing his or her |
954 | immigration status. The Department of Corrections shall verify |
955 | the address of each sexual offender in the manner described in |
956 | ss. 775.21 and 943.0435. The department shall report to the |
957 | Department of Law Enforcement any failure by a sexual predator |
958 | or sexual offender to comply with registration requirements. |
959 | (6) The information provided to the Department of Law |
960 | Enforcement must include: |
961 | (b) The sexual offender's most current address, place of |
962 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence within the state or |
963 | out of state, and address, location or description, and dates of |
964 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
965 | or out of state, while the sexual offender is under supervision |
966 | in this state, including the name of the county or municipality |
967 | in which the offender permanently or temporarily resides, or has |
968 | a transient residence, and address, location or description, and |
969 | dates of any current or known future temporary residence within |
970 | the state or out of state, and, if known, the intended place of |
971 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence, and address, |
972 | location or description, and dates of any current or known |
973 | future temporary residence within the state or out of state upon |
974 | satisfaction of all sanctions. The sexual offender must also |
975 | produce or provide information about his or her passport, if he |
976 | or she has a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must |
977 | produce or provide information about documents establishing his |
978 | or her immigration status; |
979 |
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980 | If any information provided by the department changes during the |
981 | time the sexual offender is under the department's control, |
982 | custody, or supervision, including any change in the offender's |
983 | name by reason of marriage or other legal process, the |
984 | department shall, in a timely manner, update the information and |
985 | provide it to the Department of Law Enforcement in the manner |
986 | prescribed in subsection (2). |
987 | (13) |
988 | (c) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
989 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
990 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
991 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
992 | following information: |
993 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
994 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
995 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
996 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
997 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
998 | temporary address, any transient residence; address, location or |
999 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1000 | residence within the state or out of state; all any electronic |
1001 | mail addresses address and all Internet identifiers any instant |
1002 | message name required to be provided pursuant to s. |
1003 | 943.0435(4)(d); date and place of any employment; vehicle make, |
1004 | model, color, and license tag number; fingerprints; and |
1005 | photograph. A post office box shall not be provided in lieu of a |
1006 | physical residential address. The sexual offender must also |
1007 | produce or provide information about his or her passport, if he |
1008 | or she has a passport, and, if he or she is an alien, must |
1009 | produce or provide information about documents establishing his |
1010 | or her immigration status. |
1011 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1012 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1013 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
1014 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
1015 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
1016 | enrollment or employment status. |
1017 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
1018 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
1019 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
1020 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
1021 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
1022 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
1023 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
1024 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
1025 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
1026 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
1027 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
1028 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
1029 | vessel, live-aboard vessel or houseboat. |
1030 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
1031 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
1032 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
1033 | weeks of the date of the correspondence, or who fails to report |
1034 | all electronic mail addresses and all Internet identifiers or |
1035 | instant message names, commits a felony of the third degree, |
1036 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
1037 | Section 9. Subsection (11) of section 947.005, Florida |
1038 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
1039 | 947.005 Definitions.-As used in this chapter, unless the |
1040 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
1041 | (11) "Risk assessment" means an assessment completed by a |
1042 | an independent qualified practitioner to evaluate the level of |
1043 | risk associated when a sex offender has contact with a child. |
1044 | Section 10. Section 948.31, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1045 | to read: |
1046 | 948.31 Evaluation and treatment of sexual predators and |
1047 | offenders on probation or community control.-Conditions imposed |
1048 | pursuant to this section do not require oral pronouncement at |
1049 | the time of sentencing and shall be considered standard |
1050 | conditions of probation or community control for offenders |
1051 | specified in this section. The court shall require an evaluation |
1052 | by a qualified practitioner to determine the need of a |
1053 | probationer or community controllee for treatment. If the court |
1054 | determines that a need therefor is established by the evaluation |
1055 | process, the court shall require sexual offender treatment as a |
1056 | term or condition of probation or community control for any |
1057 | person who is required to register as a sexual predator under s. |
1058 | 775.21 or sexual offender under s. 943.0435, s. 944.606, or s. |
1059 | 944.607. Such treatment shall be required to be obtained from a |
1060 | qualified practitioner as defined in s. 948.001. Treatment may |
1061 | not be administered by a qualified practitioner who has been |
1062 | convicted or adjudicated delinquent of committing, or |
1063 | attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any offense |
1064 | that is listed in s. 943.0435(1)(a)1.a.(I). The court shall |
1065 | impose a restriction against contact with minors if sexual |
1066 | offender treatment is recommended. The evaluation and |
1067 | recommendations for treatment of the probationer or community |
1068 | controllee shall be provided to the court for review. |
1069 | Section 11. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
1070 | 985.481, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
1071 | 985.481 Sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent; |
1072 | notification upon release.- |
1073 | (3)(a) The department must provide information regarding |
1074 | any sexual offender who is being released after serving a period |
1075 | of residential commitment under the department for any offense, |
1076 | as follows: |
1077 | 1. The department must provide the sexual offender's name, |
1078 | any change in the offender's name by reason of marriage or other |
1079 | legal process, and any alias, if known; the correctional |
1080 | facility from which the sexual offender is released; the sexual |
1081 | offender's social security number, race, sex, date of birth, |
1082 | height, weight, and hair and eye color; address of any planned |
1083 | permanent residence or temporary residence, within the state or |
1084 | out of state, including a rural route address and a post office |
1085 | box; if no permanent or temporary address, any transient |
1086 | residence within the state; address, location or description, |
1087 | and dates of any known future temporary residence within the |
1088 | state or out of state; date and county of disposition and each |
1089 | crime for which there was a disposition; a copy of the |
1090 | offender's fingerprints and a digitized photograph taken within |
1091 | 60 days before release; the date of release of the sexual |
1092 | offender; all and home telephone numbers number and any cellular |
1093 | telephone numbers; and passport information, if he or she has a |
1094 | passport, and, if he or she is an alien, information about |
1095 | documents establishing his or her immigration status number. The |
1096 | department shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement if the |
1097 | sexual offender escapes, absconds, or dies. If the sexual |
1098 | offender is in the custody of a private correctional facility, |
1099 | the facility shall take the digitized photograph of the sexual |
1100 | offender within 60 days before the sexual offender's release and |
1101 | also place it in the sexual offender's file. If the sexual |
1102 | offender is in the custody of a local jail, the custodian of the |
1103 | local jail shall register the offender within 3 business days |
1104 | after intake of the offender for any reason and upon release, |
1105 | and shall notify the Department of Law Enforcement of the sexual |
1106 | offender's release and provide to the Department of Law |
1107 | Enforcement the information specified in this subparagraph and |
1108 | any information specified in subparagraph 2. which the |
1109 | Department of Law Enforcement requests. |
1110 | 2. The department may provide any other information |
1111 | considered necessary, including criminal and delinquency |
1112 | records, when available. |
1113 | Section 12. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4), paragraph (a) |
1114 | of subsection (6), and paragraph (b) of subsection (13) of |
1115 | section 985.4815, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
1116 | 985.4815 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of |
1117 | information on juvenile sexual offenders.- |
1118 | (4) A sexual offender, as described in this section, who |
1119 | is under the supervision of the department but who is not |
1120 | committed must register with the department within 3 business |
1121 | days after adjudication and disposition for a registrable |
1122 | offense and otherwise provide information as required by this |
1123 | subsection. |
1124 | (a) The sexual offender shall provide his or her name; |
1125 | date of birth; social security number; race; sex; height; |
1126 | weight; hair and eye color; tattoos or other identifying marks; |
1127 | permanent or legal residence and address of temporary residence |
1128 | within the state or out of state while the sexual offender is in |
1129 | the care or custody or under the jurisdiction or supervision of |
1130 | the department in this state, including any rural route address |
1131 | or post office box; if no permanent or temporary address, any |
1132 | transient residence; address, location or description, and dates |
1133 | of any current or known future temporary residence within the |
1134 | state or out of state; passport information, if he or she has a |
1135 | passport, and, if he or she is an alien, information about |
1136 | documents establishing his or her immigration status; and the |
1137 | name and address of each school attended. The department shall |
1138 | verify the address of each sexual offender and shall report to |
1139 | the Department of Law Enforcement any failure by a sexual |
1140 | offender to comply with registration requirements. |
1141 | (6)(a) The information provided to the Department of Law |
1142 | Enforcement must include the following: |
1143 | 1. The information obtained from the sexual offender under |
1144 | subsection (4). |
1145 | 2. The sexual offender's most current address and place of |
1146 | permanent, temporary, or transient residence within the state or |
1147 | out of state, and address, location or description, and dates of |
1148 | any current or known future temporary residence within the state |
1149 | or out of state, while the sexual offender is in the care or |
1150 | custody or under the jurisdiction or supervision of the |
1151 | department in this state, including the name of the county or |
1152 | municipality in which the offender permanently or temporarily |
1153 | resides, or has a transient residence, and address, location or |
1154 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1155 | residence within the state or out of state; and, if known, the |
1156 | intended place of permanent, temporary, or transient residence, |
1157 | and address, location or description, and dates of any current |
1158 | or known future temporary residence within the state or out of |
1159 | state upon satisfaction of all sanctions. The sexual offender |
1160 | must also produce or provide information about his or her |
1161 | passport, if he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is an |
1162 | alien, must produce or provide information about documents |
1163 | establishing his or her immigration status. |
1164 | 3. The legal status of the sexual offender and the |
1165 | scheduled termination date of that legal status. |
1166 | 4. The location of, and local telephone number for, any |
1167 | department office that is responsible for supervising the sexual |
1168 | offender. |
1169 | 5. An indication of whether the victim of the offense that |
1170 | resulted in the offender's status as a sexual offender was a |
1171 | minor. |
1172 | 6. The offense or offenses at adjudication and disposition |
1173 | that resulted in the determination of the offender's status as a |
1174 | sex offender. |
1175 | 7. A digitized photograph of the sexual offender, which |
1176 | must have been taken within 60 days before the offender was |
1177 | released from the custody of the department or a private |
1178 | correctional facility by expiration of sentence under s. |
1179 | 944.275, or within 60 days after the onset of the department's |
1180 | supervision of any sexual offender who is on probation, |
1181 | postcommitment probation, residential commitment, nonresidential |
1182 | commitment, licensed child-caring commitment, community control, |
1183 | conditional release, parole, provisional release, or control |
1184 | release or who is supervised by the department under the |
1185 | Interstate Compact Agreement for Probationers and Parolees. If |
1186 | the sexual offender is in the custody of a private correctional |
1187 | facility, the facility shall take a digitized photograph of the |
1188 | sexual offender within the time period provided in this |
1189 | subparagraph and shall provide the photograph to the department. |
1190 | (13) |
1191 | (b) The sheriff's office may determine the appropriate |
1192 | times and days for reporting by the sexual offender, which shall |
1193 | be consistent with the reporting requirements of this |
1194 | subsection. Reregistration shall include any changes to the |
1195 | following information: |
1196 | 1. Name; social security number; age; race; sex; date of |
1197 | birth; height; weight; hair and eye color; address of any |
1198 | permanent residence and address of any current temporary |
1199 | residence, within the state or out of state, including a rural |
1200 | route address and a post office box; if no permanent or |
1201 | temporary address, any transient residence; address, location or |
1202 | description, and dates of any current or known future temporary |
1203 | residence within the state or out of state; passport |
1204 | information, if he or she has a passport, and, if he or she is |
1205 | an alien, information about documents establishing his or her |
1206 | immigration status; name and address of each school attended; |
1207 | date and place of any employment; vehicle make, model, color, |
1208 | and license tag number; fingerprints; and photograph. A post |
1209 | office box shall not be provided in lieu of a physical |
1210 | residential address. |
1211 | 2. If the sexual offender is enrolled, employed, or |
1212 | carrying on a vocation at an institution of higher education in |
1213 | this state, the sexual offender shall also provide to the |
1214 | department the name, address, and county of each institution, |
1215 | including each campus attended, and the sexual offender's |
1216 | enrollment or employment status. |
1217 | 3. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a motor |
1218 | vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home, as defined |
1219 | in chapter 320, the sexual offender shall also provide the |
1220 | vehicle identification number; the license tag number; the |
1221 | registration number; and a description, including color scheme, |
1222 | of the motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured |
1223 | home. If the sexual offender's place of residence is a vessel, |
1224 | live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, as defined in chapter 327, the |
1225 | sexual offender shall also provide the hull identification |
1226 | number; the manufacturer's serial number; the name of the |
1227 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; the registration |
1228 | number; and a description, including color scheme, of the |
1229 | vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat. |
1230 | 4. Any sexual offender who fails to report in person as |
1231 | required at the sheriff's office, or who fails to respond to any |
1232 | address verification correspondence from the department within 3 |
1233 | weeks after the date of the correspondence, commits a felony of |
1234 | the third degree, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082, |
1235 | 775.083, and 775.084. |
1236 | Section 13. If any provision of this act or its |
1237 | application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the |
1238 | invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of |
1239 | this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision |
1240 | or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are |
1241 | severable. |
1242 | Section 14. This act shall take effect April 20, 2012. |