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An act relating to the Department of Law Enforcement; amending s. 112.195, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules relating to the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; amending s. 406.02, F.S.; specifying the circumstances under which an appointment or reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is considered in force; requiring the commission to approve the appointment of district medical examiners by a majority vote to fill vacancies; amending s. 406.06, F.S.; requiring the commission, rather than the Governor, to appoint district medical examiners for each medical examiner district; specifying that upon approval by the commission, rather than by the Governor, a physician member of the commission is eligible to serve as a district medical examiner; amending s. 624.34, F.S.; defining terms; 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; deleting provisions authorizing the department to accept fingerprints of specified persons or entities; requiring that a full set of fingerprints of a certain natural person be submitted to the Department of Financial Services or specified authorized vendors, entities, or agencies; requiring the forwarding of the fingerprints to specified entities; authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to exchange criminal history records with the Department of Financial Services for a specified purpose; requiring that the full set of fingerprints be submitted in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Financial Services; providing duties and responsibilities regarding the fingerprints and fingerprinting; requiring the Department of Financial Services to use certain criminal history records for specified purposes; creating s. 624.341, F.S.; defining terms; 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; requiring that a full set of fingerprints of a certain natural person be submitted to the Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services Commission or specified authorized vendors, entities, or agencies; requiring the forwarding of the fingerprints to specified entities; authorizing the department to exchange criminal history records with the office for a specified purpose; requiring that the full set of fingerprints be submitted in accordance with rules adopted by the Financial Services Commission; providing duties and responsibilities regarding the fingerprints and fingerprinting; requiring the office to use certain criminal history records for specified purposes; creating s. 943.0417, F.S.; requiring the Florida Deputy Sheriffs Association, Inc., to continue the statewide law enforcement grant program certified by the Department of Education for certain purposes; creating s. 943.0536, F.S.; defining the terms “immigration detainer” and “law enforcement agency”; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal Justice Information Program to collect, process, store, maintain, and disseminate immigration detainer information; requiring each law enforcement agency to capture and electronically submit to the department the fingerprints of certain qualifying offenders; requiring the department to create certain records; amending s. 943.0581, F.S.; authorizing the department to adopt rules; requiring law enforcement agencies to apply to the department for the administrative expunction of specified nonjudicial records containing immigration detainer information of minors and adults made contrary to law or by mistake; authorizing individuals to apply to the department for the administrative expunction of such records; specifying application requirements; amending s. 943.11, F.S.; requiring the Criminal Justice Professionalism Program to provide staff support to the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission; requiring the commission to act independently of any criminal justice agency; amending s. 943.1395, F.S.; requiring commission staff to provide service by certified mail to certain certified officer’s or instructor’s last known address of record and, if possible, by e-mail; requiring commission staff to take specified action if the person providing service does not provide commission staff with proof of service; amending ss. 943.1726, 943.17261, 943.1727, and 943.17299, F.S.; requiring the commission, rather than the Department of Law Enforcement, to establish or develop specified training components or courses; providing effective dates.

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Corey Simon (R)*, 

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In Messages (on 03/05/2026)

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