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HB 1513: Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Accreditation and Standards

GENERAL BILL by Duran

Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Accreditation and Standards; Requires Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission to adopt rules prohibiting law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or correctional probation officers from using specified techniques; requires commission to adopt rules requiring employing agencies to report information related to use of such techniques; requires commission to provide specified data regarding final commission orders to National Decertification Index; requires commission to establish & maintain standards for instruction of officers in specified subjects; provides minimum required standards for deescalation training; requires that by specified date each law enforcement agency adopt certain policy; requires commission to create & publish it on its website model written policy; requires every officer receive minimum number of hours of deescalation training.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/30/2021 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241)
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/1/2021 House • Filed
    3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
    3/5/2021 House • Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
    • Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
    • Referred to Judiciary Committee
    • Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
    4/30/2021 House • Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241)

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  • HB 1513, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/1/2021 at 11:13 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1970 (c1) Law Enforcement Reform Pizzo Similar Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241)
    H 7051 (er) Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Practices Judiciary Committee Compare Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-241

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    943.10 Definitions; ss. 943.085-943.255. Page 2 (pdf)
    943.12 Powers, duties, and functions of the commission. Page 4 (pdf)
    943.121 Page 5 (pdf)
    943.125 Accreditation of state and local law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, public agency offices of inspectors general, and certain pretrial diversion programs; intent. Page 6 (pdf)
    943.1715 Basic skills training relating to diverse populations. Page 12 (pdf)
    943.1716 Continued employment training relating to diverse populations. Page 12 (pdf)

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