Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 716
       
       
        
       By Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       
       33-01452-25                                            2025716__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to sexual offenses by registered
    3         sexual offenders or sexual predators; creating s.
    4         794.0116, F.S.; providing mandatory minimum terms of
    5         imprisonment for specified sexual offenses when
    6         committed by registered sexual offenders or sexual
    7         predators; providing requirements for such sentences;
    8         providing an effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   12         Section 1. Section 794.0116, Florida Statutes, is created
   13  to read:
   14         794.0116 Sexual offenses by registered sexual offenders or
   15  sexual predators; mandatory sentencing.—
   16         (1) A person who is required to register as a sexual
   17  predator under s. 775.21 or as a sexual offender under s.
   18  943.0435 and commits a violation of s. 787.025(2)(c); s.
   19  794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 800.04(4) or (5); s.
   20  825.1025(2) or (3); s. 827.071; or s. 847.0145 shall be
   21  sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment as
   22  follows:
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   24  Statute                      Mandatory Minimum   
   25  
   26  
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   28         787.025(2)(c)                10 years        
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   30          794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10)10 years         
   31          800.04(4) or (5)            10 years       
   32          825.1025(2) or (3)          10 years       
   33          827.071 (victims older than 12 years of age)10 years       
   34          827.071 (victim 12 years of age or younger)20 years       
   35          847.0145                    10 years       
   36         (2) Notwithstanding s. 775.082(3), chapter 958, any other
   37  law, or any interpretation or construction thereof, a person
   38  subject to sentencing under this section must be sentenced to
   39  the mandatory term of imprisonment provided under this section.
   40  If the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment imposed under this
   41  section exceeds the maximum sentence authorized under s.
   42  775.082, s. 775.084, or chapter 921, the mandatory minimum term
   43  of imprisonment under this section must be imposed. If the
   44  mandatory minimum term of imprisonment under this section is
   45  less than the sentence that could be imposed under s. 775.082,
   46  s. 775.084, or chapter 921, the sentence imposed must include
   47  the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment under this section.
   48         (3) A defendant sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of
   49  imprisonment under this section is not eligible for statutory
   50  gain-time under s. 944.275 or any form of discretionary early
   51  release, other than pardon or executive clemency, or conditional
   52  medical release under s. 947.149, before serving the minimum
   53  sentence.
   54         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025.