Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 964 Barcode 694934 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 02/10/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Detert) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 167 and 168 4 insert: 5 6 Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 7 944.606, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 8 944.606 Sexual offenders; notification upon release.— 9 (1) As used in this section: 10 (b) “Sexual offender” means a person who has been convicted 11 of committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to 12 commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in the following 13 statutes in this state or similar offenses in another 14 jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where 15 the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim’s 16 parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 17 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 810.145(8); s. 18 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 19 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 20 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed in this state which 21 has been redesignated from a former statute number to one of 22 those listed in this subsection, when the department has 23 received verified information regarding such conviction; an 24 offender’s computerized criminal history record is not, in and 25 of itself, verified information. 26 Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 27 944.607, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 28 944.607 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of 29 information on sexual offenders.— 30 (1) As used in this section, the term: 31 (a) “Sexual offender” means a person who is in the custody 32 or control of, or under the supervision of, the department or is 33 in the custody of a private correctional facility: 34 1. On or after October 1, 1997, as a result of a conviction 35 for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to 36 commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in the following 37 statutes in this state or similar offenses in another 38 jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where 39 the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim’s 40 parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 41 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s. 810.145(8); s. 42 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 43 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 44 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed in this state which 45 has been redesignated from a former statute number to one of 46 those listed in this paragraph; or 47 2. Who establishes or maintains a residence in this state 48 and who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a court 49 of this state but who has been designated as a sexual predator, 50 as a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender 51 designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a 52 result of such designation, subjected to registration or 53 community or public notification, or both, or would be if the 54 person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without 55 regard as to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for 56 registration as a sexual offender. 57 58 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 59 And the title is amended as follows: 60 61 Delete line 14 62 and insert: 63 64 was a minor; amending ss. 944.607 and 944.607, F.S.; 65 redefining the term “sexual offender;” amending s. 66 810.145, F.S.; revising the