Florida SB 810: Sealing of Criminal History Records

Bill Text

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Sealing of Criminal History Records 
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Providing that persons adjudicated guilty of certain misdemeanor offenses are eligible to petition a court to seal the criminal history record of such offenses; revising certain eligibility criteria to provide that a person is eligible to petition the court to seal a criminal history record if such person is no longer serving the sentence to which the petition to seal pertains, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 810 

 By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Simon 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the sealing of criminal history 
 3 records; reenacting and amending s. 943.059, F.S.; 
 4 providing that persons adjudicated guilty of certain 
 5 misdemeanor offenses are eligible to petition a court 
 6 to seal the criminal history record of such offenses; 
 7 providing that persons previously adjudicated guilty 
 8 of certain misdemeanor offenses are eligible to 
 9 petition a court to seal a subsequent criminal history 
 10 record; revising certain eligibility criteria to 
 11 provide that a person is eligible to petition the 
 12 court to seal a criminal history record if such person 
 13 is no longer serving the sentence to which the 
 14 petition to seal pertains; revising certain 
 15 eligibility criteria to provide that a person is 
 16 eligible to petition the court to seal a criminal 
 17 history record if such person has never secured a 
 18 prior sealing or expunction related to an offense for 
 19 which the person was adjudicated guilty; authorizing a 
 20 court to order the sealing of a criminal history 
 21 record pertaining to more than one adjudication of 
 22 guilt if the additional adjudications directly relate 
 23 to the original arrest, incident of criminal activity, 
 24 or adjudication of guilt; providing an effective date. 
 25 
 26 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 27 
 28 Section 1. Subsection (1), paragraph (c) of subsection (4), 
 29 and paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 943.059, Florida 
 30 Statutes, are amended, and paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of 
 31 that section is reenacted, to read: 
 32 943.059 Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records.— 
 33 (1) ELIGIBILITY.—A person is eligible to petition a court 
 34 to seal a criminal history record when: 
 35 (a) The criminal history record is not ineligible for 
 36 court-ordered sealing under s. 943.0584. 
 37 (b)1. The person has not been adjudicated guilty of, or 
 38 adjudicated delinquent for committing, any of the acts stemming 
 39 from the arrest or alleged criminal activity to which the 
 40 petition to seal pertains; or 
 41 2. The petition to seal pertains to a misdemeanor offense 
 42 that the person was adjudicated guilty of and such misdemeanor 
 43 offense was not a violent offense; a misdemeanor offense of 
 44 domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28; or a misdemeanor 
 45 violation of s. 316.193, s. 741.29, s. 741.31, s. 784.046, s. 
 46 784.047, s. 784.048, s. 784.0487, s. 784.049, s. 800.02, or s. 
 47 800.03. 
 48 (c)(b) The person has never, before the date the 
 49 application for a certificate of eligibility is filed, been 
 50 adjudicated guilty in this state of a criminal offense other 
 51 than an offense eligible for sealing under subparagraph (b)2., 
 52 or been adjudicated delinquent in this state for committing any 
 53 felony or any of the following misdemeanor offenses, unless the 
 54 record of such adjudication of delinquency has been expunged 
 55 pursuant to s. 943.0515: 
 56 1. Assault, as defined in s. 784.011; 
 57 2. Battery, as defined in s. 784.03; 
 58 3. Assault on a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or 
 59 other specified officers, as defined in s. 784.07(2)(a); 
 60 4. Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s. 790.01(2); 
 61 5. Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s. 790.053; 
 62 6. Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm 
 63 at a school-sponsored event or on school property, as defined in 
 64 s. 790.115; 
 65 7. Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined 
 66 in s. 790.1615(1); 
 67 8. Unlawful possession of a firearm by a minor, as defined 
 68 in s. 790.22(5); 
 69 9. Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s. 800.03; 
 70 10. Arson, as defined in s. 806.031(1); 
 71 11. Petit theft, as defined in s. 812.014(3); 
 72 12. Neglect of a child, as defined in s. 827.03(1)(e); or 
 73 13. Cruelty to animals, as defined in s. 828.12(1). 
 74 (c) The person has not been adjudicated guilty of, or 
 75 adjudicated delinquent for committing, any of the acts stemming 
 76 from the arrest or alleged criminal activity to which the 
 77 petition to seal pertains. 
 78 (d) The person is no longer serving the sentence or under 
 79 court supervision applicable to any the disposition of arrest or 
 80 alleged crim