Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 890
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/16/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Hooper) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 42 - 70
    4  and insert:
    5  information, as defined in s. 817.568(1)(f), contained in
    6  electronic databases.
    7         Section 3. Section 943.1719, Florida Statutes, is created
    8  to read:
    9         943.1719 Basic skills training relating to the use of
   10  electronic databases.—The commission shall incorporate into the
   11  course curriculum required for initial certification of a law
   12  enforcement officer instruction on the authorized access to and
   13  use of personal identification information, as defined in s.
   14  817.568(1)(f), contained in electronic databases used by a law
   15  enforcement officer in his or her official capacity. This
   16  training must include, but need not be limited to, the proper
   17  use, and limitations on use, of electronic databases in a law
   18  enforcement officer’s official capacity and the penalties
   19  associated with the misuse of such electronic databases.
   20         Section 4. Section 943.17191, Florida Statutes, is created
   21  to read:
   22         943.17191 Continued employment training relating to the use
   23  of electronic databases.—The commission shall by rule require
   24  that each law enforcement officer receive, as part of the 40
   25  hours of required instruction for continued employment or
   26  appointment as an officer, instruction on the authorized access
   27  to and use of personal identification information, as defined in
   28  s. 817.568(1)(f), contained in electronic databases used by a
   29  law enforcement officer in his or her official capacity. This
   30  training must include, but need not be limited to, the proper
   31  use, and limitations on use, of electronic databases in a law
   32  enforcement officer’s official capacity and the penalties
   33  associated with the misuse of such electronic databases.
   34         Section 5. This act shall take effect October 1, 2021.