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FL S0134
Bill
Status
5/1/2015
Primary Sponsor
Miguel Diaz De La Portilla
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AI Summary
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Establishes a lifetime electronic monitoring program within the Department of Law Enforcement to track sex offenders sentenced to lifetime monitoring from release through the remainder of their natural lives.
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Requires sex offenders to wear or carry electronic monitoring devices that actively track their movement and location, with timely reporting of their presence near crime scenes or prohibited areas such as parks, schools, and child care facilities.
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Mandates that all sex offenders convicted of crimes on or after October 1, 2015, for which registration is required under Florida law be sentenced to lifetime electronic monitoring.
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Makes it a third-degree felony for a monitored sex offender to intentionally alter or tamper with monitoring equipment, fail to report damage to the device, or fail to reimburse the Department of Corrections for monitoring costs.
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Allows prison sentences imposed for violations of the monitoring requirements to run consecutively with sentences for other crimes committed while in violation of the monitoring conditions.
Legislative Description
Lifetime Electronic Monitoring of Sex Offenders
Last Action
Died in Criminal Justice
5/1/2015