Florida · House Bill 489 · 2025 Regular Session

Restoration of Voting Rights Database

HB 489 Sponsored by Felicia Simone Robinson Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 10, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 19, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database containing certain information for certain purpose; requires certain governmental entities to provide certain information to commission; requires DMS, acting through Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to commission; requires commission to make database available to public on Internet website by certain date…

Read the full title (102 words)

Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database containing certain information for certain purpose; requires certain governmental entities to provide certain information to commission; requires DMS, acting through Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to commission; requires commission to make database available to public on Internet website by certain date; requires commission to update database monthly & publish certain information on website; requires commission to provide comprehensive plan to Governor & Legislature by certain date; provides that person who takes certain actions in reasonable reliance on database may not be charged with certain violations of criminal law.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee · House Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  5. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs Committee · House State Affairs Committee
  6. CommitteeNow in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee · House Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
  7. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  8. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  9. CommitteeDied in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee · House Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.