FL H0195

Makes electronic monitoring a mandatory standard condition of probation for all probationers, rather than an optional condition.

Changes the Department of Corrections' authority over electronic monitoring from discretionary ("may") to mandatory ("shall") for offenders sentenced to community control.

Requires electronic monitoring as a mandatory component of intensive supervision and surveillance for offenders placed on community control.

Removes the previous requirement that electronic monitoring for sex offenders be "deemed necessary" by officers and the court, making it an automatic condition instead.

Effective date is July 1, 2012.