Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 510
       
       
        
       By Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       14-00828-20                                            2020510__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to bail pending appellate review;
    3         amending s. 903.133, F.S.; prohibiting a court from
    4         granting bail to specified offenders pending review
    5         following a conviction for an offense requiring sexual
    6         offender or sexual predator registration if the victim
    7         was a minor; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 903.133, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         903.133 Bail on appeal; prohibited for certain felony
   14  convictions.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 903.132, no
   15  person shall be admitted to bail pending review either by
   16  posttrial motion or appeal if he or she was adjudged guilty of:
   17         (1) A felony of the first degree for a violation of s.
   18  782.04(2) or (3), s. 787.01, s. 794.011(4), s. 806.01, s.
   19  893.13, or s. 893.135;, or adjudged guilty of
   20         (2) A violation of s. 794.011(2) or (3); or
   21         (3) Any other offense requiring sexual offender
   22  registration under s. 943.0435(1)(h) or sexual predator
   23  registration under s. 775.21(4) when, at the time of the
   24  offense, the offender was 18 years of age or older and the
   25  victim was a minor, shall be admitted to bail pending review
   26  either by posttrial motion or appeal.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2020.