Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1252
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/11/2025           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Yarborough) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Statewide pawn data database feasibility study.—
    6         (1) As used in this section, the term:
    7         (a) “Department” means the Department of Law Enforcement.
    8         (b) “Pawn data” means information related to the
    9  transactions of secondhand dealers and secondary metals
   10  recyclers, including pawn shops, which is required by chapters
   11  538 and 539, Florida Statutes, to be reported electronically to
   12  law enforcement officials. The term includes, but is not limited
   13  to, descriptions of property, seller information, transaction
   14  dates, and any other data related to the exchange of goods.
   15         (2) The department shall conduct a feasibility study
   16  regarding the creation of a statewide pawn data database which,
   17  at a minimum, must:
   18         (a) Allow law enforcement agencies in all counties in the
   19  state to access, update, and share pawn data in real-time.
   20         (b) Be provided free of charge to all law enforcement
   21  agencies in the state.
   22         (c) Be interoperable with different law enforcement
   23  databases, software solutions, and jurisdictions and meet
   24  established data standards to facilitate seamless communication
   25  between law enforcement agencies.
   26         (d) Ensure compliance with applicable privacy and security
   27  laws.
   28         (3) By January 1, 2026, the department shall report to the
   29  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   30  Representatives the results of the feasibility study.
   31         (4) This section is repealed upon submission of the report
   32  required under subsection (3).
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   38  and insert:
   39                        A bill to be entitled                      
   40         An act relating to a feasibility study relating to
   41         statewide pawn data database; defining terms;
   42         requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct
   43         a feasibility study that creates a statewide pawn data
   44         database; specifying requirements for such database;
   45         requiring the department to report the results of the
   46         study to the Legislature; providing for repeal;
   47         providing an effective date.