Florida Senate - 2022 SB 1118 By Senator Perry 8-00788A-22 20221118__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to criminal history in professional 3 licensing applications; amending s. 455.213, F.S.; 4 revising the period of time when a conviction, or any 5 other adjudication, for a crime may not be grounds for 6 denial of licensure in specified professions; removing 7 a provision requiring good moral character for 8 licensure in such professions; requiring applicable 9 boards to approve certain educational program credits 10 offered to inmates in certain institutions or 11 facilities for purposes of satisfying training 12 requirements for licensure in specified professions; 13 providing an effective date. 14 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 17 Section 1.Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 18 455.213, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (f) is 19 added to that subsection, to read: 20 455.213General licensing provisions. 21 (3) 22 (b)1.A conviction, or any other adjudication, for a crime 23 more than 2 5 years before the date the application is received 24 by the applicable board may not be grounds for denial of a 25 license specified in paragraph (a). For purposes of this 26 paragraph, the term conviction means a determination of guilt 27 that is the result of a plea or trial, regardless of whether 28 adjudication is withheld. This paragraph does not limit the 29 applicable board from considering an applicants criminal 30 history that includes a crime listed in s. 775.21(4)(a)1. or s. 31 776.08 at any time, but only if such criminal history has been 32 found to relate to the practice of the applicable profession. 33 2.The applicable board may consider the criminal history 34 of an applicant for licensure under subparagraph (a)3. if such 35 criminal history has been found to relate to good moral 36 character. 37 (f)The applicable board shall approve educational program 38 credits offered to inmates in any correctional institution or 39 correctional facility as vocational training or through an 40 industry certification program for purposes of satisfying 41 applicable training requirements for licensure in a profession 42 under paragraph (a). 43 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.