Florida Senate - 2023                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1718
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Jones moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 1168 - 1177
    4  and insert:
    5  federal immigration agency may submit a DNA sample when the law
    6  enforcement agency having custody of the offender receives the
    7  detainer. However, a law enforcement agency may not forcibly
    8  extract a DNA sample from such a person, and he or she may not
    9  be charged with a criminal offense for refusing to submit a DNA
   10  sample.
   11         (7) COLLECTION OF DNA SAMPLES FROM OFFENDERS.—
   12         (f) A law enforcement agency having custody of a person who
   13  becomes a qualifying offender solely because of the issuance of
   14  an immigration detainer by a federal immigration agency may
   15  request that a DNA sample be taken from the qualifying offender
   16  immediately after the agency receives the detainer and may
   17  secure and transmit the sample to the department in a timely
   18  manner. However, a law enforcement agency may not forcibly
   19  extract such a DNA sample, and the qualifying offender may not
   20  be charged with a criminal offense for refusing to submit a DNA
   21  sample.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete lines 160 - 162
   26  and insert:
   27         issued by a federal immigration agency; providing that
   28         certain qualifying offenders may submit DNA samples at
   29         a specified time; prohibiting law enforcement agencies
   30         from forcibly extracting a DNA sample from such
   31         persons; providing that a qualifying offender who
   32         refuses to submit a DNA sample may not be charged with
   33         a criminal offense for refusing to submit a DNA
   34         sample; authorizing law enforcement agencies