Florida Senate - 2026 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 524
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Simon moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 158 - 537
4 and insert:
5 Section 4. Effective upon becoming a law, section 624.34,
6 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 624.34 Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to accept
8 fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records with
9 respect to, certain persons.—
10 (1) As used in this section, the term:
11 (a) “Adjuster” means a public adjuster as defined in s.
12 626.854 or an all-lines adjuster as defined in s. 626.8548.
13 (b) “Agent” means a general lines agent as defined in s.
14 626.015, a life agent as defined in s. 626.015, a health agent
15 as defined in s. 626.015, a surplus lines agent as defined in s.
16 626.914, a professional bail bond agent as defined in s. 648.25,
17 a limited surety agent as defined in s. 648.25, a limited lines
18 agent, a legal expense insurance sales representative who must
19 meet the requirements of s. 642.034, or a title insurance agent
20 as defined in s. 626.841. The term includes a producer but does
21 not include a customer representative, limited customer
22 representative, or service representative.
23 (c) “Applicant for licensure” means a person who has
24 applied to the department for a license.
25 (d) “Control person,” with respect to a licensee or an
26 applicant for licensure, means any of the following:
27 1. A person who holds the title of owner, partner,
28 director, president, senior vice president, treasurer, or
29 limited liability company member.
30 2. A person who holds any of the officer, general partner,
31 manager, or managing member positions named in the governing
32 documents. As used in this subparagraph, the term “governing
33 documents” includes bylaws, articles of incorporation or
34 organization, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements,
35 and management or operating agreements.
36 3. A director on the board of directors.
37 4. A shareholder in whose name shares are registered in the
38 records of a corporation for profit, whether incorporated under
39 the laws of this state or organized under the laws of any other
40 jurisdiction and existing in that legal form, who directly or
41 indirectly has the power to vote 10 percent or more of a class
42 of voting securities, or to sell or direct the sale of 10
43 percent or more of a class of voting securities. As used in this
44 subparagraph, the term “shareholder” means a person who owns at
45 least one share of a corporation and whose ownership is
46 reflected in the records of the corporation.
47 (e) “License” means a license issued by the Department of
48 Financial Services to an agent, an insurance agency as defined
49 in s. 626.015, a title insurance agency as defined in s.
50 626.841, an adjuster, an adjusting firm as defined in s.
51 626.8695, a customer representative as defined in s. 626.015, a
52 service representative as defined in s. 626.015, or a navigator
53 as defined in s. 626.9951.
54 (f) “Licensee” means a person who has a license.
55 (g) “Limited lines agent” means an agent whose license is
56 issued pursuant to s. 626.321.
57 (h) “Person” has the same meaning as in s. 1.01.
58 (i) “Producer” means a person required to be licensed under
59 the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance.
60 (2) The Department of Law Enforcement shall may accept and
61 process fingerprints taken of an individual who is a licensee,
62 an applicant for licensure, or a control person of a licensee or
63 an applicant for licensure organizers, incorporators,
64 subscribers, officers, stockholders, directors, or any other
65 persons involved, directly or indirectly, in the organization,
66 operation, or management of:
67 (a) Any insurer or proposed insurer transacting or
68 proposing to transact insurance in this state.
69 (b) Any other entity which is examined or investigated or
70 which is eligible to be examined or investigated under the
71 provisions of the Florida Insurance Code.
72 (2) The Department of Law Enforcement may accept
73 fingerprints of individuals who apply for a license as an agent,
74 customer representative, adjuster, service representative, or
75 navigator or the fingerprints of the majority owner, sole
76 proprietor, partners, officers, and directors of a corporation
77 or other legal entity that applies for licensure with the
78 department or office under the Florida Insurance Code.
79 (3) A full set of fingerprints of an individual described
80 in subsection (2) must be submitted to the Department of
81 Financial Services or to a vendor, an entity, or an agency
82 authorized under s. 943.053(13). The Department of Financial
83 Services, vendor, entity, or agency shall forward the
84 fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state
85 processing, and the Department of Law Enforcement shall forward
86 the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
87 national processing pursuant to s. 624.34(5). Fees for state and
88 federal fingerprint processing must be borne by the person
89 submitting them. The state cost for fingerprint processing is as
90 provided in s. 943.053(3)(e).
91 (4)(3) The Department of Law Enforcement may, to the extent
92 authorized provided for by federal law, exchange state, national
93 multistate, and federal criminal history records with the
94 Department of Financial Services department or office for the
95 purpose of the issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation of a
96 certificate of authority, certification, or license to operate
97 in this state.
98 (5) The full set of fingerprints for each individual
99 described in subsection (2) must be submitted in accordance with
100 rules adopted by the Department of Financial Services.
101 (a) Fingerprints may be submitted through a third-party
102 vendor authorized by the Department of Law Enforcement.
103 (b) The Department of Law Enforcement shall conduct a state
104 criminal history background check, and a federal criminal
105 history background check must be conducted through the Federal
106 Bureau of Investigation.
107 (c) The Department of Financial Services shall review the
108 results of the state and federal criminal history background
109 checks and determine whether the applicant for licensure or
110 licensee meets the requirements for a license to operate in this
111 state.
112 (4) The Department of Law Enforcement may accept
113 fingerprints of any other person required by statute or rule to
114 submit fingerprints to the department or office or any applicant
115 or licensee regulated by the department or office who is
116 required to demonstrate that he or she has not been convicted of
117 or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or a misdemeanor.
118 (5) The Department of Law Enforcement shall, upon receipt
119 of fingerprints from the department or office, submit the
120 fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to check
121 federal criminal history records.
122 (6) The Department of Financial Services shall use the
123 statewide criminal records obtained through the Department of
124 Law Enforcement, the federal criminal records obtained through
125 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the local criminal
126 records obtained through local law enforcement agencies shall be
127 used by the department and office for the purpose of issuance,
128 denial, suspension, or revocation of certificates of authority,
129 certifications, or licenses issued to operate in this state.
130 Section 5. Effective upon becoming a law, section 624.341,
131 Florida Statutes, is created to read:
132 624.341 Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to
133 accept fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records
134 with respect to, certain persons applying to the Office of
135 Insurance Regulation.—
136 (1) As used in this section, the term:
137 (a) “Applicant for licensure” means a person who has
138 applied to the office for a license.
139 (b) “Control person,” with respect to a licensee or an
140 applicant for licensure, means key managerial personnel with
141 authority over the financial and operational decisions of the
142 entities licensed, certified, registered, or holding a
143 certificate of authority under the Florida Insurance Code, and
144 includes any of the following as required by the office:
145 1. Incorporators, stockholders, officers, directors, and
146 attorneys in fact captured under s. 624.404(3)(c), s.
147 628.071(1)(c), s. 629.091(2), s. 632.638(3), or s. 641.22(6)(c).
148 2. Trustees, officers, directors, and individuals
149 responsible for the management of and conduct of the management
150 of a multiple-employer welfare arrangement under s. 624.439(2).
151 3. Individuals employed or retained by an administrator who
152 are responsible for the conduct of the affairs of an
153 administrator, including all members of the board of directors,
154 board of trustees, executive committee, or other governing board
155 or committee, and the principal officers in the case of a
156 corporation or the partners or members in the case of a
157 partnership or an association of an administrator under s.
158 626.8805.
159 4. Individuals responsible for the affairs of a viatical
160 settlement provider, members of the board of directors, board of
161 trustees, executive committee, or other governing board or
162 committee, and any person or entity owning or having the right
163 to acquire 10 percent or more of the voting securities of a
164 viatical settlement provider under s. 626.9912.
165 5. Management of a premium finance company under ss.
166 627.829(1) and 627.832(1)(g) and (j).
167 6. Directors, officers, trustees, and other individuals
168 performing duties similar to those of a director, an officer or
169 a trustee of a corporation, an association, or a trust under s.
170 628.461(3)(a).
171 7. Directors, officers, and trustees if a corporation, and
172 partners, owners, managers, joint venturers, and others
173 performing functions similar to those of a director, an officer,
174 or a trustee, if not a corporation, of a specialty insurer under
175 s. 628.4615(5)(a)7.
176 8. Managers of a motor vehicle service agreement company
177 under s. 634.041(2), a home warranty association under s.
178 634.304(2), or a service warranty association under s.
179 634.404(2).
180 9. Members of the board of directors, board of trustees,
181 executive committee, or other governing board or committee, the
182 officers, contracted management company personnel, and any
183 person or entity owning or having the right to acquire 10
184 percent or more of the voting securities of a prepaid limit
185 health service organization under s. 636.008 or a discount plan
186 organization under s. 636.204(2)(c).
187 10. Persons responsible for the conduct of the affairs of a
188 prepaid health clinic under s. 641.405(2)(c), including all
189 members of the governing body, the officers and directors in the
190 case of a corporation, and the partners or associates in the
191 case of a partnership or an association.
192 11. Individuals who are directors and officers, and each
193 shareholder who owns or controls 10 percent or more of the
194 shares of the corporation, of a legal expense insurance business
195 under ss. 642.021 and 642.032.
196 12. Members, shareholders, and persons in charge of
197 providing care under a certificate of authority subject to s.
198 651.022(2)(c).
199 (c) “License” means a certificate of authority,
200 certification, registration, or license issued by the office.
201 (d) “Licensee” means a person who has a license.
202 (e) “Person” has the same meaning as in s. 1.01.
203 (2) The Department of Law Enforcement shall accept and
204 process fingerprints taken of an individual who is a licensee,
205 an applicant for licensure, or a control person of a licensee or
206 an applicant for licensure.
207 (3) A full set of fingerprints of an individual described
208 in subsection (2) must be submitted to the office or to a
209 vendor, an entity, or an agency authorized under s. 943.053(13).
210 The office, vendor, entity, or agency shall forward the
211 fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state
212 processing, and the Department of Law Enforcement shall forward
213 the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
214 national processing pursuant to s. 624.34(5). Fees for state and
215 federal fingerprint processing must be borne by the person
216 submitting them. The state cost for fingerprint processing is as
217 provided in s. 943.053(3)(e).
218 (4) The Department of Law Enforcement may, to the extent
219 authorized by federal law, exchange state, national, and federal
220 criminal history records with the office for the purpose of the
221 issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation of a certificate of
222 authority, certification, registration, or license to operate in
223 this state.
224 (5) The full set of fingerprints for each individual
225 described in subsection (2) must be submitted in accordance with
226 rules adopted by the commission.
227 (a) Fingerprints may be submitted through a third-party
228 vendor authorized by the Department of Law Enforcement.
229 (b) The Department of Law Enforcement shall conduct a state
230 criminal history background check, and a federal criminal
231 history background check shall be conducted through the Federal
232 Bureau of Investigation.
233 (c) The office shall review the results of the state and
234 federal criminal history background checks and determine whether
235 the applicant for licensure or licensee meets the requirements
236 for a license to operate in this state.
237 (6) The office shall use the statewide criminal records
238 obtained through the Department of Law Enforcement, the federal
239 criminal records obtained through the Federal Bureau of
240 Investigation, and the local criminal records obtained through
241 local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of issuance,
242 denial, suspension, or revocation of certificates of authority,
243 certifications, registrations, or licenses required to operate
244 in this state.
245 Section 6. Section 943.0417, Florida Statutes, is created
246 to read:
247 943.0417 Statewide law enforcement apprenticeship program.
248 The Florida Deputy Sheriffs Association, Inc., shall continue
249 the statewide law enforcement grant program certified by the
250 Department of Education to recruit, select, train, certify, and
251 retain deputy sheriff candidates who lack the funds to attend a
252 certified law enforcement academy within this state. The grants
253 must be awarded to local law enforcement agencies, with priority
254 given for fiscally constrained counties. The association may
255 coordinate with the department to implement the program.
256 Section 7. Section 943.0536, Florida Statutes, is created
257 to read:
258 943.0536 Immigration detainer information; collection and
259 storage; fingerprinting.—
260 (1) As used in this section, the terms “immigration
261 detainer” and “law enforcement agency” have the same meaning as
262 in s. 908.102.
263 (2) The department’s Criminal Justice Information Program,
264 acting as this state’s central criminal justice information
265 repository, shall collect, process, store, maintain, and
266 disseminate immigration detainer information.
267 (3)(a) Each law enforcement agency shall capture and
268 electronically submit to the department, in the manner
269 prescribed by rule, the fingerprints of a qualifying offender as
270 defined in s. 943.325 who is in its custody and subject to an
271 immigration detainer.
272 (b) Upon receipt of the fingerprints required to be
273 submitted pursuant to paragraph (a), the department shall create
274 a record containing the qualifying offender’s immigration
275 detainer information.
276 Section 8. Section 943.0581, Florida Statutes, is amended
277 to read:
278 943.0581 Administrative expunction for arrests or
279 immigration detainer records made contrary to law or by
280 mistake.—
281 (1) Notwithstanding any law dealing generally with the
282 preservation and destruction of public records, the department
283 may adopt a rule pursuant to chapter 120 for the administrative
284 expunction of any nonjudicial record of an arrest or record
285 containing immigration detainer information described in s.
286 943.0536 of a minor or an adult made contrary to law or by
287 mistake.
288 (2) A law enforcement agency shall apply to the department
289 in the manner prescribed by rule for the administrative
290 expunction of any nonjudicial record of any arrest or record
291 containing immigration detainer information described in s.
292 943.0536 of a minor or an adult who is subsequently determined
293 by the agency, at its discretion, or by the final order of a
294 court of competent jurisdiction, to have been arrested or
295 detained contrary to law or by mistake.
296 (3) An adult or, in the case of a minor child, the parent
297 or legal guardian of the minor child, may apply to the
298 department in the manner prescribed by rule for the
299 administrative expunction of any nonjudicial record of an arrest
300 or record containing immigration detainer information described
301 in s. 943.0536 alleged to have been made contrary to law or by
302 mistake, provided that the application is supported by the
303 endorsement of the head of the arresting or detaining agency or
304 his or her designee or the state attorney of the judicial
305 circuit in which the arrest or detainment occurred or his or her
306 designee.
307 (4) An application for administrative expunction shall
308 include the date and time of the arrest, the name of the person
309 arrested, the offender-based tracking system (OBTS) number, and
310 the crime or crimes charged. The application shall be on the
311 submitting agency’s letterhead and shall be signed by the head
312 of the submitting agency or his or her designee.
313 (5) If the person was arrested on a warrant, capias, or
314 pickup order, a request for an administrative expunction may be
315 made by the sheriff of the county in which the warrant, capias,
316 or pickup order was issued or his or her designee or by the
317 state attorney of the judicial circuit in which the warrant,
318 capias, or pickup order was issued or his or her designee.
319 (6) An application for an administrative expunction of a
320 record containing immigration detainer information as described
321 in s. 943.0536 must include the date and time the person was
322 detained, the person’s name, the OBTS number, and information
323 relating to the immigration detainer. The application must be on
324 the submitting agency’s letterhead and must be signed by the
325 head of the submitting agency or his or her designee.
326 (7) An application or endorsement under this section is not
327 admissible as evidence in any judicial or administrative
328 proceeding and may not be construed in any way as an admission
329 of liability in connection with an arrest or detention.
330 Section 9. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
331 943.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
332 943.11 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission;
333 membership; meetings; compensation.—
334 (1)(a) There is created a Criminal Justice Standards and
335 Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement.
336 The Criminal Justice Professionalism Program shall provide staff
337 support to the commission as authorized in s. 943.09; however,
338 the commission must act independently of any criminal justice
339 agency. The commission shall be composed of 19 members,
340 consisting of the Secretary of Corrections or a designated
341 assistant; the Attorney General or a designee; the Director of
342 the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol; and 16 members
343 appointed by the Governor, consisting of 3 sheriffs; 3 chiefs of
344 police; 5 law enforcement officers who are of the rank of
345 sergeant or below within the employing agency; 2 correctional
346 officers, 1 of whom is an administrator of a state correctional
347 institution and 1 of whom is of the rank of sergeant or below
348 within the employing agency; 1 training center director; 1
349 person who is in charge of a county correctional institution;
350 and 1 resident of the state who falls into none of the foregoing
351 classifications. Prior to the appointment, the sheriff, chief of
352 police, law enforcement officer, and correctional officer
353 members must have had at least 4 years’ experience as law
354 enforcement officers or correctional officers.
355 Section 10. Present subsection (10) of section 943.1395,
356 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (11), and a new
357 subsection (10) is added to that section, to read:
358 943.1395 Certification for employment or appointment;
359 concurrent certification; reemployment or reappointment;
360 inactive status; revocation; suspension; investigation.—
361 (10) Notwithstanding s. 120.60(5), when an administrative
362 complaint is served on a certified law enforcement officer, a
363 correctional officer, a correctional probation officer, or an
364 instructor, commission staff shall provide service by certified
365 mail to the certified officer’s or instructor’s last known
366 address of record and, if possible, by e-mail. If the person
367 providing service does not provide commission staff with proof
368 of service, commission staff must call the last known telephone
369 number of record and cause a short, plain notice to the
370 certified officer or instructor to be posted on the front
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372 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
373 And the title is amended as follows:
374 Delete lines 18 - 92
375 and insert:
376 amending s. 624.34, F.S.; defining terms; requiring
377 the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and
378 process fingerprints taken of natural persons who are
379 control persons of a licensee or are applicants for
380 licensure; deleting provisions authorizing the
381 department to accept fingerprints of specified persons
382 or entities; requiring that a full set of fingerprints
383 of a certain natural person be submitted to the
384 Department of Financial Services or specified
385 authorized vendors, entities, or agencies; requiring
386 the forwarding of the fingerprints to specified
387 entities; authorizing the Department of Law
388 Enforcement to exchange criminal history records with
389 the Department of Financial Services for a specified
390 purpose; requiring that the full set of fingerprints
391 be submitted in accordance with rules adopted by the
392 Department of Financial Services; providing duties and
393 responsibilities regarding the fingerprints and
394 fingerprinting; requiring the Department of Financial
395 Services to use certain criminal history records for
396 specified purposes; creating s. 624.341, F.S.;
397 defining terms; requiring the Department of Law
398 Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints taken
399 of natural persons who are control persons of a
400 licensee or are applicants for licensure; requiring
401 that a full set of fingerprints of a certain natural
402 person be submitted to the Office of Insurance
403 Regulation of the Financial Services Commission or
404 specified authorized vendors, entities, or agencies;
405 requiring the forwarding of the fingerprints to
406 specified entities; authorizing the department to
407 exchange criminal history records with the office for
408 a specified purpose; requiring that the full set of
409 fingerprints be submitted in accordance with rules
410 adopted by the Financial Services Commission;
411 providing duties and responsibilities regarding the
412 fingerprints and fingerprinting; requiring the office
413 to use certain criminal history records for specified
414 purposes; creating s. 943.0417, F.S.; requiring the
415 Florida Deputy Sheriffs Association, Inc., to continue
416 the statewide law enforcement grant program certified
417 by the Department of Education for certain purposes;
418 creating s. 943.0536, F.S.; defining the terms
419 “immigration detainer” and “law enforcement agency”;
420 requiring the Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal
421 Justice Information Program to collect, process,
422 store, maintain, and disseminate immigration detainer
423 information; requiring each law enforcement agency to
424 capture and electronically submit to the department
425 the fingerprints of certain qualifying offenders;
426 requiring the department to create certain records;
427 amending s. 943.0581, F.S.; authorizing the department
428 to adopt rules; requiring law enforcement agencies to
429 apply to the department for the administrative
430 expunction of specified nonjudicial records containing
431 immigration detainer information of minors and adults
432 made contrary to law or by mistake; authorizing
433 individuals to apply to the department for the
434 administrative expunction of such records; specifying
435 application requirements; amending s. 943.11, F.S.;
436 requiring the Criminal Justice Professionalism Program
437 to provide staff support to the Criminal Justice
438 Standards and Training Commission; requiring the
439 commission to act independently of any criminal
440 justice agency; amending s. 943.1395, F.S.; requiring
441 commission staff to provide service by certified mail
442 to certain certified officer’s or instructor’s last
443 known address of record