Florida SB 950: State Employment

Bill Text

950 
Financial Crimes Intelligence Center 
2025-12-17T10:43:50Z 
Establishing the center within the Department of Legal Affairs; specifying the purposes of the center; authorizing the department to enter into operational agreements, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 950 

 By Senator Truenow 

 13-00941-26 2026950__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Financial Crimes Intelligence 
 3 Center; creating s. 817.101, F.S.; defining the term 
 4 “department”; establishing the center within the 
 5 Department of Legal Affairs; specifying the purposes 
 6 of the center; authorizing the department to enter 
 7 into operational agreements; providing for the 
 8 appointment of a director; specifying powers and 
 9 duties of the department; requiring annual reporting 
 10 beginning on a specified date; providing reporting 
 11 requirements; requiring the department to adopt rules; 
 12 providing an effective date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. Section 817.101, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 17 read: 
 18 817.101 Financial Crimes Intelligence Center.— 
 19 (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
 20 “department” means the Department of Legal Affairs. 
 21 (2) ESTABLISHED.—The Financial Crimes Intelligence Center 
 22 is established within the department. 
 23 (3) PURPOSE.—The purposes of the center are: 
 24 (a) To serve as the state’s primary entity responsible for 
 25 the planning, coordination, and integration of law enforcement 
 26 agencies and other governmental agencies that respond to 
 27 criminal activity related to: 
 28 1. Fraud and fraudulent practices under this part and part 
 29 II of this chapter; 
 30 2. Forgery and counterfeiting under chapter 831; and 
 31 3. Check and payment fraud under chapter 832. 
 32 (b) To maximize the ability of the department, of law 
 33 enforcement agencies, and of other governmental agencies to 
 34 detect, prevent, and respond to criminal activities related to 
 35 financial fraud. 
 36 (4) OPERATION AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED; DIRECTOR.— 
 37 (a) The department: 
 38 1. May enter into agreements with law enforcement agencies 
 39 or other governmental agencies for the operation of the center; 
 40 and 
 41 2. Shall enter into an agreement with a law enforcement 
 42 agency or other governmental agency to appoint a director to 
 43 supervise and manage the operations of the center. 
 44 (b) The director may be a licensed attorney or law 
 45 enforcement officer. The agreement must provide that the 
 46 commission of a director who is a licensed law enforcement 
 47 officer will be carried by the agency with which the department 
 48 enters into the agreement. 
 49 (c) Any information that a law enforcement agency or other 
 50 governmental agency collects and maintains under an agreement 
 51 entered into with the department under this chapter is the 
 52 intellectual property of the center. On termination of the 
 53 agreement, the contracting agency must transfer the information 
 54 to the department in accordance with the terms of the agreement. 
 55 (5) POWERS AND DUTIES.— 
 56 (a) The center may collaborate with federal, state, and 
 57 local governmental agencies to accomplish the purposes of the 
 58 center. 
 59 (b) The center shall assist law enforcement agencies, other 
 60 governmental agencies, financial institutions, credit card 
 61 issuers, debit card issuers, payment card networks, institutions 
 62 of higher education, and merchants in their efforts to develop 
 63 and implement strategies for identifying and prosecuting 
 64 financial crimes. 
 65 (c) The center may: 
 66 1. Serve as a centralized collection point for information 
 67 related to payment fraud; 
 68 2. Provide training and educational opportunities to law 
 69 enforcement agencies; 
 70 3. Provide outreach to the public; and 
 71 4. Release information to affected financial institutions, 
 72 credit card issuers, debit card issuers, payment card networks, 
 73 institutions of higher education, and merchants if the center 
 74 does not deem the information to be sensitive to law 
 75 enforcement. Information is deemed sensitive to law enforcement 
 76 if the information could cause harm to law enforcement 
 77 activities or jeopardize an investigation or operation if 
 78 disclosed. 
 79 (6) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
 80 (a) By December 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the 
 81 director of the center shall submit a report to the department. 
 82 (b) The report must include all of the following: 
 83 1. A plan of operation for the center and an estimate of 
 84 the moneys necessary to implement that plan. 
 85 2. An assessment of the current state of payment financial 
 86 fraud in this state, including: 
 87 a. An identification of the geographic locations in this 
 88 state which have the highest statistical probability for 
 89 finan