Florida SB 524: DNA Samples from Inmates

Bill Text

524 
Department of Law Enforcement 
2026-03-04T13:31:48Z 
Authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules relating to the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; specifying the circumstances under which an appointment or reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is considered in force; requiring the commission, rather than the Governor, to appoint district medical examiners for each medical examiner district; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints taken of natural persons who are control persons of a licensee or are applicants for licensure, etc. 
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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Department of Law Enforcement; 
 3 amending s. 112.195, F.S.; authorizing the Department 
 4 of Law Enforcement to adopt rules relating to the 
 5 Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart 
 6 Medal; amending s. 406.02, F.S.; specifying the 
 7 circumstances under which an appointment or 
 8 reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is 
 9 considered in force; requiring the commission to 
 10 approve the appointment of district medical examiners 
 11 by a majority vote to fill vacancies; amending s. 
 12 406.06, F.S.; requiring the commission, rather than 
 13 the Governor, to appoint district medical examiners 
 14 for each medical examiner district; specifying that 
 15 upon approval by the commission, rather than by the 
 16 Governor, a physician member of the commission is 
 17 eligible to serve as a district medical examiner; 
 18 amending s. 624.34, F.S.; defining terms; requiring 
 19 the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and 
 20 process fingerprints taken of natural persons who are 
 21 control persons of a licensee or are applicants for 
 22 licensure; deleting provisions authorizing the 
 23 department to accept fingerprints of specified persons 
 24 or entities; requiring that a full set of fingerprints 
 25 of a certain natural person be submitted to the 
 26 Department of Financial Services or specified 
 27 authorized vendors, entities, or agencies; requiring 
 28 the forwarding of the fingerprints to specified 
 29 entities; authorizing the Department of Law 
 30 Enforcement to exchange criminal history records with 
 31 the Department of Financial Services for a specified 
 32 purpose; requiring that the full set of fingerprints 
 33 be submitted in accordance with rules adopted by the 
 34 Department of Financial Services; providing duties and 
 35 responsibilities regarding the fingerprints and 
 36 fingerprinting; requiring the Department of Financial 
 37 Services to use certain criminal history records for 
 38 specified purposes; creating s. 624.341, F.S.; 
 39 defining terms; requiring the Department of Law 
 40 Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints taken 
 41 of natural persons who are control persons of a 
 42 licensee or are applicants for licensure; requiring 
 43 that a full set of fingerprints of a certain natural 
 44 person be submitted to the Office of Insurance 
 45 Regulation of the Financial Services Commission or 
 46 specified authorized vendors, entities, or agencies; 
 47 requiring the forwarding of the fingerprints to 
 48 specified entities; authorizing the department to 
 49 exchange criminal history records with the office for 
 50 a specified purpose; requiring that the full set of 
 51 fingerprints be submitted in accordance with rules 
 52 adopted by the Financial Services Commission; 
 53 providing duties and responsibilities regarding the 
 54 fingerprints and fingerprinting; requiring the office 
 55 to use certain criminal history records for specified 
 56 purposes; creating s. 943.0417, F.S.; requiring the 
 57 Florida Deputy Sheriffs Association, Inc., to continue 
 58 the statewide law enforcement grant program certified 
 59 by the Department of Education for certain purposes; 
 60 creating s. 943.0536, F.S.; defining the terms 
 61 “immigration detainer” and “law enforcement agency”; 
 62 requiring the Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal 
 63 Justice Information Program to collect, process, 
 64 store, maintain, and disseminate immigration detainer 
 65 information; requiring each law enforcement agency to 
 66 capture and electronically submit to the department 
 67 the fingerprints of certain qualifying offenders; 
 68 requiring the department to create certain records; 
 69 amending s. 943.0581, F.S.; authorizing the department 
 70 to adopt rules; requiring law enforcement agencies to 
 71 apply to the department for the administrative 
 72 expunction of specified nonjudicial records containing 
 73 immigration detainer information of minors and adults 
 74 made contrary to law or by mistake; authorizing 
 75 individuals to apply to the department for the 
 76 administrative expunction of such records; specifying 
 77 application requirements;