Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1662
       
       
        
       By Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
       30-01834-21                                           20211662__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to automatic sealing of criminal
    3         history records; amending s. 943.0595, F.S.; requiring
    4         the clerk of the court to transmit certified copies of
    5         the disposition of criminal history records for
    6         criminal cases disposed of before a certain date to
    7         the Department of Law Enforcement on a specified
    8         schedule; providing that transmission of the certified
    9         copy to the department seals the criminal history
   10         record; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   15  943.0595, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         943.0595 Automatic sealing of criminal history records.—
   17         (3) PROCESS FOR AND EFFECT OF AUTOMATIC SEALING.—
   18         (a) Upon the disposition of a criminal case resulting in a
   19  criminal history record eligible for automatic sealing under
   20  paragraph (2)(a), the clerk of the court shall transmit a
   21  certified copy of the disposition of the criminal history record
   22  to the department, which shall seal the criminal history record
   23  upon receipt of the certified copy.
   24         1. For criminal cases disposed of before October 1, 2019,
   25  the clerk of the court shall transmit a certified copy of the
   26  disposition of the criminal history record to the department on
   27  the following schedule:
   28         a. Criminal cases disposed of between January 1, 2015, and
   29  September 30, 2019, must be submitted by October 1, 2021.
   30         b. Criminal cases disposed of between January 1, 2010, and
   31  December 31, 2014, must be submitted by October 1, 2022.
   32         c. Criminal cases disposed of between January 1, 2005, and
   33  December 31, 2009, must be submitted by October 1, 2023.
   34         d. Criminal cases disposed of before December 31, 2009,
   35  must be submitted by October 1, 2024.
   36         2. The transmission of the certified copy to the department
   37  shall seal the criminal history record upon the department’s
   38  receipt of the certified copy.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.