Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 524
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Simon) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (873924) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete everything after the enacting clause
5 and insert:
6 Section 1. Effective upon becoming a law, subsection (4) is
7 added to section 112.195, Florida Statutes, to read:
8 112.195 Florida Medal of Valor and Florida Blue/Red Heart
9 Medal.—
10 (4) The Department of Law Enforcement may adopt rules to
11 implement this section.
12 Section 2. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 406.02,
13 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
14 406.02 Medical Examiners Commission; membership; terms;
15 duties; staff.—
16 (2) The term of office of the physicians appointed to the
17 commission shall be 4 years. The term of office of the state
18 attorney, public defender, sheriff, and county commissioner each
19 shall be 4 years unless she or he leaves that office sooner, in
20 which case her or his appointment will terminate. The term of
21 office of the funeral director shall be 4 years. Upon the
22 expiration of the present terms of office, the Governor shall
23 appoint two members for terms of 4 years, two members for terms
24 of 3 years, two members for terms of 2 years, and one member for
25 a term of 1 year. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for
26 the unexpired portion of the term. An appointment or
27 reappointment is considered in force until the appointee
28 resigns, the appointee is no longer qualified for the position,
29 or the Governor appoints a new member.
30 (4) The Medical Examiners Commission shall:
31 (a) Initiate cooperative policies with any agency of the
32 state or political subdivision thereof.
33 (b) Approve the appointment of district medical examiners
34 by a majority vote to fill vacancies.
35 (c) Remove or suspend district medical examiners pursuant
36 to this act and have the authority to investigate violations of
37 this act.
38 (d)(c) Oversee the distribution of state funds for the
39 medical examiner districts and may make such agreements and
40 contracts, subject to approval of the executive director of the
41 Department of Law Enforcement, as may be necessary to effect the
42 provisions of this chapter.
43 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 406.06, Florida
44 Statutes, is amended to read:
45 406.06 District medical examiners; associates; suspension
46 of medical examiners.—
47 (1)(a) A district medical examiner shall be appointed by
48 The Medical Examiners Commission shall appoint a district
49 medical examiner, who must be a practicing physician in
50 pathology, Governor for each medical examiner district from
51 nominees who are practicing physicians in pathology, whose
52 nominations are submitted to the Governor by the Medical
53 Examiners Commission. The term of office of each district
54 medical examiner shall be 3 years. An appointment to fill a
55 vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.
56 (b) A physician member of the Medical Examiners Commission
57 is shall be eligible to serve as a district medical examiner
58 upon approval by the Medical Examiners Commission Governor.
59 Section 4. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (3) of
60 section 406.135, Florida Statutes, to read:
61 406.135 Autopsies; confidentiality of photographs and video
62 and audio recordings; confidentiality of reports of minor
63 victims of domestic violence; exemption.—
64 (3)
65 (d) Notwithstanding subsection (2), in order to facilitate
66 an anatomical gift or a transplantation, an eye bank, an organ
67 procurement organization, or a tissue bank as those terms are
68 defined in s. 765.511, pursuant to a written request containing
69 proof of the intent of the deceased, the deceased’s family, or
70 the deceased’s health care surrogate to make an anatomical gift
71 in accordance with chapter 765, may:
72 1. View or copy an autopsy report of a minor whose death
73 was related to an act of domestic violence; and
74 2. View or copy an autopsy report of a person whose manner
75 of death was determined by a medical examiner to have been by
76 suicide.
77 Section 5. Effective upon becoming a law, section 624.34,
78 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
79 624.34 Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to accept
80 fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records with
81 respect to, certain persons.—
82 (1) As used in this section, the term:
83 (a) “Adjuster” means a public adjuster as defined in s.
84 626.854 or an all-lines adjuster as defined in s. 626.8548.
85 (b) “Agent” means a general lines agent, life agent, health
86 agent, or title agent, as each type of agent is defined under s.
87 626.015. The term includes a producer, but does not include a
88 customer representative, limited customer representative, or
89 service representative.
90 (c) “Applicant for licensure” means a person or an entity
91 that has applied to the department for a license as an agent, an
92 insurance agency, an adjuster, a customer representative, a
93 service representative, or a navigator.
94 (d) “Control person,” with respect to an applicant for
95 licensure, means any of the following:
96 1. A person who holds the title of owner, partner,
97 director, president, senior vice president, treasurer, or
98 limited liability company member.
99 2. A person who holds any of the officer, general partner,
100 manager, or managing member positions named in the governing
101 documents. As used in this subparagraph, the term “governing
102 documents” includes bylaws, articles of incorporation or
103 organization, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements,
104 and management or operating agreements.
105 3. A director on the board of directors.
106 4. A shareholder in whose name shares are registered in the
107 records of a corporation for profit, whether incorporated under
108 the laws of this state or organized under the laws of any other
109 jurisdiction and existing in that legal form, who directly or
110 indirectly has the power to vote 10 percent or more of a class
111 of voting securities, or to sell or direct the sale of 10
112 percent or more of a class of voting securities. As used in this
113 subparagraph, the term “shareholder” means a person who owns at
114 least one share of a corporation and whose ownership is
115 reflected in the records of the corporation.
116 (e) “Customer representative” has the same meaning as in s.
117 626.015.
118 (f) “Insurance agency” has the same meaning as in s.
119 626.015.
120 (g) “License” means a license issued by the Department of
121 Financial Services.
122 (h) “Licensee” means a person or an entity that has a
123 license.
124 (i) “Navigator” has the same meaning as in s. 626.9951.
125 (j) “Producer” means a person required to be licensed under
126 the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance.
127 (k) “Service representative” has the same meaning as in s.
128 626.015.
129 (2) The Legislature finds that criminal activity of agents,
130 customer representatives, adjusters, service representatives, or
131 navigators poses a particular danger to the residents of this
132 state. Floridians rely, in good faith, on the honest conduct of
133 such persons. To safeguard the residents of this state, the
134 Legislature finds it necessary to ensure that individuals who
135 are licensees or control persons of licensees do not have a
136 criminal record.
137 (3) The Department of Law Enforcement shall may accept and
138 process fingerprints taken of a natural person who is a control
139 person of a licensee or an applicant for licensure organizers,
140 incorporators, subscribers, officers, stockholders, directors,
141 or any other persons involved, directly or indirectly, in the
142 organization, operation, or management of:
143 (a) Any insurer or proposed insurer transacting or
144 proposing to transact insurance in this state.
145 (b) Any other entity which is examined or investigated or
146 which is eligible to be examined or investigated under the
147 provisions of the Florida Insurance Code.
148 (2) The Department of Law Enforcement may accept
149 fingerprints of individuals who apply for a license as an agent,
150 customer representative, adjuster, service representative, or
151 navigator or the fingerprints of the majority owner, sole
152 proprietor, partners, officers, and directors of a corporation
153 or other legal entity that applies for licensure with the
154 department or office under the Florida Insurance Code.
155 (4) A full set of fingerprints of a natural person
156 described in subsection (3) must be submitted to the Department
157 of Financial Services or to a vendor, an entity, or an agency
158 authorized under s. 943.053(13). The Department of Financial
159 Services, vendor, entity, or agency shall forward the
160 fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state
161 processing, and the Department of Law Enforcement shall forward
162 the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
163 national processing pursuant to s. 624.34(5). Fees for state and
164 federal fingerprint processing must be borne by the person
165 submitting them. The state cost for fingerprint processing is as
166 provided in s. 943.053(3)(e).
167 (5)(3) The Department of Law Enforcement may, to the extent
168 authorized provided for by federal law, exchange state,
169 multistate, and federal criminal history records with the
170 Department of Financial Services department or office for the
171 purpose of the issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation of a
172 certificate of authority, certification, or license to operate
173 in this state.
174 (6) The full set of fingerprints for each natural person
175 described in subsection (3) must be submitted in accordance with
176 rules adopted by the Department of Financial Services.
177 (a) Fingerprints may be submitted through a third-party
178 vendor authorized by the Department of Law Enforcement.
179 (b) The Department of Law Enforcement shall conduct a state
180 criminal history background check, and a federal criminal
181 history background check must be conducted through the Federal
182 Bureau of Investigation.
183 (c) All fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law
184 Enforcement must be submitted and entered into the statewide
185 automated biometric identification system established in s.
186 943.05(2)(b) and be available for use in accordance with s.
187 943.05(2)(g) and (h). The Department of Financial Services shall
188 inform the Department of Law Enforcement of the name of any
189 person whose fingerprints no longer need to be retained.
190 (d) The costs of fingerprint processing, including the cost
191 of retaining the fingerprints, must be borne by the natural
192 person subject to the background check.
193 (e) The Department of Financial Services shall review the
194 results of the state and federal criminal history background
195 checks and determine whether the applicant meets the
196 requirements for a license to operate in this state.
197 (4) The Department of Law Enforcement may accept
198 fingerprints of any other person required by statute or rule to
199 submit fingerprints to the department or office or any applicant
200 or licensee regulated by the department or office who is
201 required to demonstrate that he or she has not been convicted of
202 or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or a misdemeanor.
203 (5) The Department of Law Enforcement shall, upon receipt
204 of fingerprints from the department or office, submit the
205 fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to check
206 federal criminal history records.
207 (7)(6) The Department of Financial Services shall use the
208 statewide criminal records obtained through the Department of
209 Law Enforcement, the federal criminal records obtained through
210 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the local criminal
211 records obtained through local law enforcement agencies shall be
212 used by the department and office for the purpose of issuance,
213 denial, suspension, or revocation of certificates of authority,
214 certifications, or licenses issued to operate in this state.
215 Section 6. Effective upon becoming a law, section 624.341,
216 Florida Statutes, is created to read:
217 624.341 Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to
218 accept fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records
219 with respect to, certain persons applying to the Office of
220 Insurance Regulation.—
221 (1) As used in this section, the term:
222 (a) “Applicant for licensure” means a person or an entity
223 that has applied to the office for a license.
224 (b) “Control person,” with respect to a licensee or
225 applicant for licensure, means any of the following:
226 1. A person who holds the title of president, treasurer,
227 chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief
228 operations officer, chief legal officer, chief risk officer,
229 chief underwriting officer, chief actuary, chief compliance
230 officer, claims manager, director of claims, director of
231 underwriting, underwriting manager, or attorney in fact.
232 2. A person who holds any of the officer, general partner,
233 manager, or managing member positions named in the governing
234 documents. As used in this subparagraph, the term “governing
235 documents” includes bylaws, articles of incorporation or
236 organization, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements,
237 and management or operating agreements.
238 3. A director on the board of directors.
239 4. A shareholder in whose name shares are registered in the
240 records of a corporation for profit, whether incorporated under
241 the laws of this state or organized under the laws of any other
242 jurisdiction and existing in that legal form, who directly or
243 indirectly has the power to vote 10 percent or more of a class
244 of voting securities, or to sell or direct the sale of 10
245 percent or more of a class of voting securities. As used in this
246 subparagraph, the term “shareholder” means a person who owns at
247 least one share of a corporation and whose ownership is
248 reflected in the records of the corporation.
249 (c) “License” means a certificate of authority,
250 certification, registration, or license issued by the office.
251 (d) “Licensee” means a person or an entity that has a
252 license.
253 (2) The Legislature finds that criminal activity of
254 insurers poses a particular danger to the residents of this
255 state. Floridians rely, in good faith, on the honest conduct of
256 those who issue and manage insurance policies and other
257 insurance instruments in this state. To safeguard the residents
258 of this state, the Legislature finds it necessary to ensure that
259 natural persons who are licensees or control persons of
260 licensees do not have a criminal record.
261 (3) The Department of Law Enforcement shall accept and
262 process fingerprints taken of a natural person who is a control
263 person of a licensee of the office or an applicant for licensure
264 with the office.
265 (4) A full set of fingerprints of a natural person
266 described in subsection (3) must be submitted to the office or
267 to a vendor, an entity, or an agency authorized under s.
268 943.053(13). The office, vendor, entity, or agency shall forward
269 the fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state
270 processing, and the Department of Law Enforcement shall forward
271 the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
272 national processing pursuant to s. 624.34(5). Fees for state and
273 federal fingerprint processing must be borne by the person
274 submitting them. The state cost for fingerprint processing is as
275 provided in s. 943.053(3)(e).
276 (5) The Department of Law Enforcement may, to the extent
277 authorized by federal law, exchange state, multistate, and
278 federal criminal history records with the office for the purpose
279 of the issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation of a
280 certificate of authority, certification, registration, or
281 license to operate in this state.
282 (6) The full set of fingerprints for each natural person
283 described in subsection (3) must be submitted in accordance with
284 rules adopted by the commission.
285 (a) Fingerprints may be submitted through a third-party
286 vendor authorized by the Department of Law Enforcement.
287 (b) The Department of Law Enforcement shall conduct a state
288 criminal history background check, and a federal criminal
289 history background check shall be conducted through the Federal
290 Bureau of Investigation.
291 (c) All fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law
292 Enforcement must be submitted and entered into the statewide
293 automated biometric identification system established in s.
294 943.05(2)(b) and be available for use in accordance with s.
295 943.05(2)(g) and (h). The office shall inform the Department of
296 Law Enforcement of the name of any person whose fingerprints no
297 longer need to be retained.
298 (d) The costs of fingerprint processing, including the cost
299 of retaining the fingerprints, must be borne by the natural
300 person subject to the background check.
301 (e) The office shall review the results of the state and
302 federal criminal history background checks and determine whether
303 the applicant meets the requirements for a certificate of
304 authority, certification, registration, or license to operate in
305 this state.
306 (7) The office shall use the statewide criminal records
307 obtained through the Department of Law Enforcement, the federal
308 criminal records obtained through the Federal Bureau of
309 Investigation, and the local criminal records obtained through
310 local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of issuance,
311 denial, suspension, or revocation of certificates of authority,
312 certifications, registrations, or licenses required to operate
313 in this state.
314 Section 7. Section 943.0417, Florida Statutes, is created
315 to read:
316 943.0417 Statewide law enforcement apprenticeship program.
317 The Florida Deputy Sheriffs Association, Inc., shall continue
318 the statewide law enforcement grant program certified by the
319 Department of Education to recruit, select, train, certify, and
320 retain deputy sheriff candidates who lack the funds to attend a
321 certified law enforcement academy within this state. The grants
322 must be awarded to local law enforcement agencies, with priority
323 given for fiscally constrained counties. The association may
324 coordinate with the department to implement the program.
325 Section 8. Section 943.0536, Florida Statutes, is created
326 to read:
327 943.0536 Immigration detainer information; collection and
328 storage; fingerprinting.—
329 (1) As used in this section, the terms “immigration
330 detainer” and “law enforcement agency” have the same meaning as
331 in s. 908.102.
332 (2) The department’s Criminal Justice Information Program,
333 acting as this state’s central criminal justice information
334 repository, shall collect, process, store, maintain, and
335 disseminate immigration detainer information.
336 (3)(a) Each law enforcement agency shall capture and
337 electronically submit to the department, in the manner
338 prescribed by rule, the fingerprints of a qualifying offender as
339 defined in s. 943.325 who is in its custody and subject to an
340 immigration detainer.
341 (b) Upon receipt of the fingerprints required to be
342 submitted pursuant to paragraph (a), the department shall create
343 a record containing the qualifying offender’s immigration
344 detainer information.
345 Section 9. Section 943.0581, Florida Statutes, is amended
346 to read:
347 943.0581 Administrative expunction for arrests or
348 immigration detainer records made contrary to law or by
349 mistake.—
350 (1) Notwithstanding any law dealing generally with the
351 preservation and destruction of public records, the department
352 may adopt a rule pursuant to chapter 120 for the administrative
353 expunction of any nonjudicial record of an arrest or record
354 containing immigration detainer information described in s.
355 943.0536 of a minor or an adult made contrary to law or by
356 mistake.
357 (2) A law enforcement agency shall apply to the department
358 in the manner prescribed by rule for the administrative
359 expunction of any nonjudicial record of any arrest or record
360 containing immigration detainer information described in s.
361 943.0536 of a minor or an adult who is subsequently determined
362 by the agency, at its discretion, or by the final order of a
363 court of competent jurisdiction, to have been arrested or
364 detained contrary to law or by mistake.
365 (3) An adult or, in the case of a minor child, the parent
366 or legal guardian of the minor child, may apply to the
367 department in the manner prescribed by rule for the
368 administrative expunction of any nonjudicial record of an arrest
369 or record containing immigration detainer information described
370 in s. 943.0536 alleged to have been made contrary to law or by
371 mistake, provided that the application is supported by the
372 endorsement of the head of the arresting or detaining agency or
373 his or her designee or the state attorney of the judicial
374 circuit in which the arrest or detainment occurred or his or her
375 designee.
376 (4) An application for administrative expunction shall
377 include the date and time of the arrest, the name of the person
378 arrested, the offender-based tracking system (OBTS) number, and
379 the crime or crimes charged. The application shall be on the
380 submitting agency’s letterhead and shall be signed by the head
381 of the submitting agency or his or her designee.
382 (5) If the person was arrested on a warrant, capias, or
383 pickup order, a request for an administrative expunction may be
384 made by the sheriff of the county in which the warrant, capias,
385 or pickup order was issued or his or her designee or by the
386 state attorney of the judicial circuit in which the warrant,
387 capias, or pickup order was issued or his or her designee.
388 (6) An application for an administrative expunction of a
389 record containing immigration detainer information as described
390 in s. 943.0536 must include the date and time the person was
391 detained, the person’s name, the OBTS number, and information
392 relating to the immigration detainer. The application must be on
393 the submitting agency’s letterhead and must be signed by the
394 head of the submitting agency or his or her designee.
395 (7) An application or endorsement under this section is not
396 admissible as evidence in any judicial or administrative
397 proceeding and may not be construed in any way as an admission
398 of liability in connection with an arrest.
399 Section 10. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
400 943.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
401 943.11 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission;
402 membership; meetings; compensation.—
403 (1)(a) There is created a Criminal Justice Standards and
404 Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement.
405 The Criminal Justice Professionalism Program shall provide staff
406 support to the commission as authorized in s. 943.09; however,
407 the commission must act independently of any criminal justice
408 agency. The commission shall be composed of 19 members,
409 consisting of the Secretary of Corrections or a designated
410 assistant; the Attorney General or a designee; the Director of
411 the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol; and 16 members
412 appointed by the Governor, consisting of 3 sheriffs; 3 chiefs of
413 police; 5 law enforcement officers who are of the rank of
414 sergeant or below within the employing agency; 2 correctional
415 officers, 1 of whom is an administrator of a state correctional
416 institution and 1 of whom is of the rank of sergeant or below
417 within the employing agency; 1 training center director; 1
418 person who is in charge of a county correctional institution;
419 and 1 resident of the state who falls into none of the foregoing
420 classifications. Prior to the appointment, the sheriff, chief of
421 police, law enforcement officer, and correctional officer
422 members must have had at least 4 years’ experience as law
423 enforcement officers or correctional officers.
424 Section 11. Present subsection (10) of section 943.1395,
425 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (11), and a new
426 subsection (10) is added to that section, to read:
427 943.1395 Certification for employment or appointment;
428 concurrent certification; reemployment or reappointment;
429 inactive status; revocation; suspension; investigation.—
430 (10) Notwithstanding s. 120.60(5), if an administrative
431 complaint is served on a certified law enforcement officer, a
432 correctional officer, a correctional probation officer, or an
433 instructor, commission staff must provide service by certified
434 mail to the licensee’s last known address of record and, if
435 possible, by e-mail. If the person providing service does not
436 provide commission staff with proof of service, commission staff
437 must call the last known telephone number of record and cause a
438 short, plain notice to the licensee to be posted on the front
439 page of the commission’s website.
440 Section 12. Section 943.1726, Florida Statutes, is amended
441 to read:
442 943.1726 Continued employment training relating to diabetic
443 emergencies.—The commission department shall establish an online
444 continued employment training component relating to diabetic
445 emergencies. The training component shall include, but need not
446 be limited to, instruction on the recognition of symptoms of
447 such an emergency, distinguishing such an emergency from alcohol
448 intoxication or drug overdose, and appropriate first aid for
449 such an emergency. Completion of the training component may
450 count toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued
451 employment or appointment as a law enforcement officer required
452 under s. 943.135.
453 Section 13. Section 943.17261, Florida Statutes, is amended
454 to read:
455 943.17261 Department of Law Enforcement; Training related
456 to medical use of marijuana.—The commission Department of Law
457 Enforcement shall develop a 4-hour online initial training
458 course, and a 2-hour online continuing education course, which
459 shall be made available for use by all law enforcement agencies
460 in this state. Such training shall cover the legal parameters of
461 marijuana-related activities governed by ss. 381.986 and 381.988
462 relating to criminal laws governing marijuana.
463 Section 14. Section 943.1727, Florida Statutes, is amended
464 to read:
465 943.1727 Continued employment training relating to autism
466 spectrum disorder.—The commission department shall establish a
467 continued employment training component relating to autism
468 spectrum disorder as defined in s. 627.6686. The training
469 component shall include, but need not be limited to, instruction
470 on the recognition of the symptoms and characteristics of an
471 individual on the autism disorder spectrum and appropriate
472 responses to an individual exhibiting such symptoms and
473 characteristics. Completion of the training component may count
474 toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued employment or
475 appointment as a law enforcement officer required under s.
476 943.135.
477 Section 15. Section 943.17299, Florida Statutes, is amended
478 to read:
479 943.17299 Continued employment training relating to
480 Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.—The
481 commission department shall establish an online, continued
482 employment training component relating to Alzheimer’s disease
483 and related forms of dementia. The training component must be
484 developed in consultation with the Department of Elder Affairs
485 and must include, but need not be limited to, instruction on
486 interacting with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or a related
487 form of dementia, including instruction on techniques for
488 recognizing behavioral symptoms and characteristics, effective
489 communication, employing the use of alternatives to physical
490 restraints, and identifying signs of abuse, neglect, or
491 exploitation. Completion of the training component may count
492 toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued employment or
493 appointment as a law enforcement officer, correctional officer,
494 or correctional probation officer required under s. 943.135.
495 Section 16. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
496 act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
497 this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
498 2026.
499
500 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
501 And the title is amended as follows:
502 Delete everything before the enacting clause
503 and insert:
504 A bill to be entitled
505 An act relating to the Department of Law Enforcement;
506 amending s. 112.195, F.S.; authorizing the Department
507 of Law Enforcement to adopt rules relating to the
508 Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart
509 Medal; amending s. 406.02, F.S.; specifying the
510 circumstances under which an appointment or
511 reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is
512 considered in force; requiring the commission to
513 approve the appointment of district medical examiners
514 by a majority vote to fill vacancies; amending s.
515 406.06, F.S.; requiring the commission, rather than
516 the Governor, to appoint district medical examiners
517 for each medical examiner district; specifying that
518 upon approval by the commission, rather than by the
519 Governor, a physician member of the commission is
520 eligible to serve as a district medical examiner;
521 amending s. 406.135, F.S.; authorizing eye banks,
522 organ procurement organizations, and tissue banks, in
523 order to facilitate anatomical gifts or
524 transplantations, to view or copy specified autopsy
525 reports under certain circumstances; amending s.
526 624.34, F.S.; defining terms; providing legislative
527 findings; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement
528 to accept and process fingerprints taken of natural
529 persons who are control persons of a licensee or are
530 applicants for licensure; deleting provisions
531 authorizing the department to accept fingerprints of
532 specified persons or entities; requiring that a full
533 set of fingerprints of a certain natural person be
534 submitted to the Department of Financial Services or
535 specified authorized vendors, entities, or agencies;
536 requiring the forwarding of the fingerprints to
537 specified entities; providing for the fees and costs
538 of such fingerprints; authorizing the Department of
539 Law Enforcement to exchange criminal history records
540 with the Department of Financial Services for a
541 specified purpose; requiring that the full set of
542 fingerprints be submitted in accordance with rules
543 adopted by the Department of Financial Services;
544 providing duties and responsibilities regarding the
545 fingerprints and fingerprinting; requiring the
546 Department of Financial Services to use certain
547 criminal history records for specified purposes;
548 creating s. 624.341, F.S.; defining terms; providing
549 legislative findings; requiring the Department of Law
550 Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints taken
551 of natural persons who are control persons of a
552 licensee or are applicants for licensure; requiring
553 that a full set of fingerprints of a certain natural
554 person be submitted to the Office of Insurance
555 Regulation of the Financial Services Commission or
556 specified authorized vendors, entities, or agencies;
557 requiring the forwarding of the fingerprints to
558 specified entities; providing for the fees and costs
559 of such fingerprints; authorizing the department to
560 exchange criminal history records with the office for
561 a specified purpose; requiring that the full set of
562 fingerprints be submitted in accordance with rules
563 adopted by the Financial Services Commission;
564 providing duties and responsibilities regarding the
565 fingerprints and fingerprinting; requiring the office
566 to use certain criminal history records for specified
567 purposes; creating s. 943.0417, F.S.; requiring the
568 Florida Deputy Sheriffs Association, Inc., to continue
569 the statewide law enforcement grant program certified
570 by the Department of Education for certain purposes;
571 creating s. 943.0536, F.S.; defining the terms
572 “immigration detainer” and “law enforcement agency”;
573 requiring the Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal
574 Justice Information Program to collect, process,
575 store, maintain, and disseminate immigration detainer
576 information; requiring each law enforcement agency to
577 capture and electronically submit to the department
578 the fingerprints of certain qualifying offenders;
579 requiring the department to create certain records;
580 amending s. 943.0581, F.S.; authorizing the department
581 to adopt rules; requiring law enforcement agencies to
582 apply to the department for the administrative
583 expunction of specified nonjudicial records containing
584 immigration detainer information of minors and adults
585 made contrary to law or by mistake; authorizing
586 individuals to apply to the department for the
587 administrative expunction of such records; specifying
588 application requirements; amending s. 943.11, F.S.;
589 requiring the Criminal Justice Professionalism Program
590 to provide staff support to the Criminal Justice
591 Standards and Training Commission; requiring the
592 commission to act independently of any criminal
593 justice agency; amending s. 943.1395, F.S.; requiring
594 commission staff to provide service by certified mail
595 to a certain licensee’s last known address of record
596 and, if possible, by e-mail; requiring commission
597 staff to take specified action if the person providing
598 service does not provide commission staff with proof
599 of service; amending ss. 943.1726, 943.17261,
600 943.1727, and 943.17299, F.S.; requiring the
601 commission, rather than the Department of Law
602 Enforcement, to establish or develop specified
603 training components or courses; providing effective
604 dates.