Florida SB 1306: Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission

Bill Text

1306 
Criminal Activity of Insurance Professionals 
2026-01-07T05:24:13Z 
Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and process certain fingerprints; requiring persons submitting fingerprints to bear the cost of state and federal processing; authorizing the department to exchange certain records with the Office of Insurance Regulation for certain purposes; requiring the office to review the results of certain background checks and to make a certain determination, etc. 
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2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1306 

 By Senator Truenow 

 13-01417A-26 20261306__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to criminal activity of insurance 
 3 professionals; creating s. 624.341, F.S.; providing 
 4 legislative findings; requiring the Department of Law 
 5 Enforcement to accept and process certain 
 6 fingerprints; specifying procedures for submitting and 
 7 processing such fingerprints; requiring persons 
 8 submitting fingerprints to bear the cost of state and 
 9 federal processing; providing for the cost of state 
 10 processing of fingerprints; authorizing the department 
 11 to exchange certain records with the Office of 
 12 Insurance Regulation for certain purposes; specifying 
 13 that fingerprints must be submitted in accordance with 
 14 certain rules; providing that fingerprints may be 
 15 submitted through a third-party vendor authorized by 
 16 the department; requiring that the department conduct 
 17 the state criminal history background checks; 
 18 requiring that certain background checks be conducted 
 19 through the Federal Bureau of Investigation; requiring 
 20 that fingerprints be submitted and entered into a 
 21 specified system; requiring that the costs of 
 22 fingerprint processing are borne by the person subject 
 23 to the background checks; requiring the office to 
 24 review the results of certain background checks and to 
 25 make a certain determination; requiring that certain 
 26 criminal history records be used by the office for 
 27 certain purposes; providing an effective date. 
 28 
 29 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 30 
 31 Section 1. Section 624.341, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 32 read: 
 33 624.341 Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to 
 34 accept fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records 
 35 with respect to, certain persons applying to the Office of 
 36 Insurance Regulation.— 
 37 (1) The Legislature finds that criminal activity of 
 38 insurers poses a particular danger to the residents of this 
 39 state. Floridians rely, in good faith, on the honest conduct of 
 40 those who issue and manage insurance policies and other 
 41 insurance instruments in this state. To safeguard this state’s 
 42 residents, the Legislature finds it necessary to ensure that 
 43 incorporators, subscribers, officers, employees, contractors, 
 44 stockholders, directors, owners, members, managers, or 
 45 volunteers involved in the organization, operation, or 
 46 management of any insurer authorized to sell insurance in this 
 47 state do not have a criminal background. 
 48 (2) The Department of Law Enforcement shall accept and 
 49 process fingerprints of incorporators, subscribers, officers, 
 50 employees, contractors, stockholders, directors, owners, 
 51 members, managers, or volunteers involved in the organization, 
 52 operation, or management of: 
 53 (a) Any insurer or proposed insurer transacting or 
 54 proposing to transact insurance in this state. 
 55 (b) Any entity that is eligible to be examined or 
 56 investigated under s. 624.316. 
 57 (3) Each person required to submit fingerprints to the 
 58 office must provide a full set of fingerprints to the office or 
 59 to a vendor, entity, or agency authorized under s. 943.053(13). 
 60 The office, vendor, entity, or agency shall forward the 
 61 fingerprints to the department for state processing, and the 
 62 department shall forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau 
 63 of Investigation for national processing as provided in s. 
 64 624.34. Fees for state and federal fingerprint processing must 
 65 be borne by the person submitting the fingerprints. The state 
 66 cost for fingerprint processing is as provided in s. 
 67 943.053(3)(e). 
 68 (4) The department may, to the extent authorized by federal 
 69 law, exchange any state or federal criminal history records with 
 70 the office for the purpose of issuance or continuation of a 
 71 certificate of authority, certification, or license to operate 
 72 in this state. 
 73 (5) Fingerprints must be submitted in accordance with rules 
 74 adopted by the commission. 
 75 (a) Fingerprints may be submitted through a third-party 
 76 vendor authorized by the department. 
 77 (b) The department shall conduct the state criminal history 
 78 background check, and a federal criminal history background 
 79 check shall be conducted through