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Introduced
12/19/2025
12/19/2025
In Committee
02/11/2026
02/11/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
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 Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal programs; amending s. 406.02, F.S.; specifying that appointments and reappointments of members to the Medical Examiners Commission within the department are considered in force until certain conditions are met; requiring the commission to appoint 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 medical examiner districts; providing that physician members of the commission are eligible to serve as district medical examiners upon approval by the commission, rather than by the Governor; amending s. 406.135, F.S.; authorizing an organ procurement organization, an eye bank, or a tissue bank to view or copy specified autopsy reports under certain circumstances; creating s. 943.0536, F.S.; requiring the Criminal Justice Information Program to collect, process, store, maintain, and disseminate records containing immigration detainer information under specified circumstances; requiring law hb849-02-c2 enforcement agencies to capture and submit fingerprints of specified offenders to the department; requiring the department to create certain records; defining the terms "immigration detainer" and "law enforcement agency"; amending s. 943.0581, F.S.; authorizing the department to adopt a rule for the administrative expunction of specified records under certain circumstances; authorizing applications for the administrative expunction of specified records under certain circumstances; providing requirements for an application for administrative expunction of specified records; providing construction; amending s. 943.11, F.S.; requiring the Criminal Justice Professionalism Program to provide staff support to the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission within the department; requiring the commission to act independently of any criminal justice agency; amending s. 943.1395, F.S.; providing manners of administrative complaint service by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers; amending ss. 943.1726, 943.17261, 943.1727, and 943.17299, F.S.; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, rather than the department, to establish online continued employment hb849-02-c2 training components relating to diabetic emergencies, online initial training and continuing education courses relating to medical use of marijuana, continued employment training components relating to autism spectrum disorder, and online continued employment training components relating to Alzheimer's disease and related forms of dementia, respectively; providing effective dates.
AI Summary
This bill makes several changes to the operations and responsibilities of the Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and related entities. It allows the FDLE to create rules for the Florida Medal of Valor and Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal programs, and it shifts the appointment of district medical examiners from the Governor to the Medical Examiners Commission, which will now also fill vacancies by majority vote and can approve its physician members to serve as district medical examiners. The bill also permits organ procurement organizations, eye banks, and tissue banks to access certain autopsy reports under specific conditions, and it requires the FDLE's Criminal Justice Information Program to collect and store immigration detainer information, with law enforcement agencies needing to submit fingerprints of qualifying offenders subject to detainers. Furthermore, it allows for the administrative expunction (removal) of certain arrest and immigration detainer records made in error or contrary to law, outlining specific requirements for such applications. The bill also clarifies that the Criminal Justice Professionalism Program will support the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, which will operate independently of any criminal justice agency, and it modifies how administrative complaints are served to officers. Finally, it transfers the responsibility for establishing online training components on diabetic emergencies, the medical use of marijuana, autism spectrum disorder, and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias from the FDLE to the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Justice
Sponsors (2)
Other Sponsors (2)
Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House), Judiciary Committee (House)
Last Action
Added to Second Reading Calendar (on 02/11/2026)
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