Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1039 Compare Versions

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10	10		F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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14	14		A bill to be entitled 1
15		-	An act relating to missing persons; amending ss. 2
16		-	937.021 ~~and 937.022~~, F.S.; revising provisions 3
17		-	~~concerning missing~~ children and adults to include 4
18		-	~~references to the~~ National Missing and Unidentified 5
19		-	~~Persons System;~~ providing an effective date. 6
	15	+	An act relating to missing persons; amending s. 2
	16	+	937.021, F.S.; revising provisions concerning missing 3
	17	+	children and adults to include references to the 4
	18	+	National Missing and Unidentified Persons System; 5
	19	+	providing an effective date. 6
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21	21		Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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23	23		Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and subsections 10
24	24		(2) and (4) of section 937.021, Florida Statutes, are amended to 11
25	25		read: 12
26	26		937.021 Missing child and missing adult reports. — 13
27	27		(1) Law enforcement agencies in this state shall adopt 14
28	28		written policies that specify the procedures to be used to 15
29	29		investigate reports of missing children and missing adults. The 16
30	30		policies must ensure that cases involving missing children and 17
31	31		adults are investigated promptly using appropriate resources. 18
32	32		The policies must include: 19
33	33		(c) Standards for maintaining and clearing computer data 20
34	34		of information concerning a missing child or mis sing adult which 21
35	35		is stored in the Florida Crime Information Center , and the 22
36	36		National Crime Information Center , and the National Missing and 23
37	37		Unidentified Persons System . The standards must require, at a 24
38	38		minimum, a monthly review of each case and a determina tion of 25
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51	51		whether the case should be maintained in the database. 26
52	52		(2) An entry concerning a missing child or missing adult 27
53	53		may not be removed from the Florida Crime Information Center , or 28
54	54		the National Crime Information Center , or the National Missing 29
55	55		and Unidentified Persons System databases based solely on the 30
56	56		age of the missing child or missing adult. 31
57	57		(4)(a) Upon the filing of a police report that a child is 32
58	58		missing by the parent or guardian, the Department of Children 33
59	59		and Families, a community -based care provider, or a sheriff's 34
60	60		office providing investigative services for the department, the 35
61	61		law enforcement agency receiving the report shall immediately 36
62	62		inform all on-duty law enforcement officers of the missing child 37
63	63		report, communicate the report to ever y other law enforcement 38
64	64		agency having jurisdiction in the county, and within 2 hours 39
65	65		after receipt of the report, transmit the report for inclusion 40
66	66		within the Florida Crime Information Center , and the National 41
67	67		Crime Information Center , and the National Mis sing and 42
68	68		Unidentified Persons System databases. A law enforcement agency 43
69	69		may not require a reporter to present an order that a child be 44
70	70		taken into custody or any other such order before accepting a 45
71	71		report that a child is missing. 46
72	72		(b) Upon the filing of a credible police report that an 47
73	73		adult is missing, the law enforcement agency receiving the 48
74	74		report shall, within 2 hours after receipt of the report, 49
75	75		transmit the report for inclusion within the Florida Crime 50
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88		-	Information Center, and the National Crime Information Center , 51
89		-	and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System 52
90		-	databases. 53
91		-	Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and subsection 54
92		-	(5) of section 937.022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 55
93		-	937.022 Missing Endangered P ersons Information 56
94		-	Clearinghouse.— 57
95		-	(3) The clearinghouse shall: 58
96		-	(b) Provide a centralized file for the exchange of 59
97		-	information on missing endangered persons. 60
98		-	1. Every state, county, or municipal law enforcement 61
99		-	agency shall submit to the clearinghous e information concerning 62
100		-	missing endangered persons. 63
101		-	2. Any person having knowledge may submit a missing 64
102		-	endangered person report to the clearinghouse concerning a child 65
103		-	or adult younger than 26 years of age whose whereabouts is 66
104		-	unknown, regardless of th e circumstances, subsequent to 67
105		-	reporting such child or adult missing to the appropriate law 68
106		-	enforcement agency within the county in which the child or adult 69
107		-	became missing, and subsequent to entry by the law enforcement 70
108		-	agency of the child or person into t he Florida Crime Information 71
109		-	Center, and the National Crime Information Center , and the 72
110		-	National Missing and Unidentified Persons System databases. The 73
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126		-	over the case may submit a missing endangered person report to 77
127		-	the clearinghouse involving a missing adult age 26 years or 78
128		-	older who is suspected by a law enforcement agency of being 79
129		-	endangered or the victim of criminal activity. 80
130		-	4. Only the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction 81
131		-	over the case may make a request to the clearinghouse for the 82
132		-	activation of a state Silver Alert or a Purple Alert involving a 83
133		-	missing adult if circumstances regarding t he disappearance have 84
134		-	met the criteria for activation of the Silver Alert Plan or the 85
135		-	Purple Alert. 86
136		-	(5) The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over a 87
137		-	case involving a missing endangered person shall, upon locating 88
138		-	the child or adult, immediately purge information about the case 89
139		-	from the Florida Crime Information Center , or the National Crime 90
140		-	Information Center, and the National Missing and Unidentified 91
141		-	Persons System databases and notify the clearinghouse. 92
142		-	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 93
	88	+	Information Center, and the National Crime Infor mation Center 51
	89	+	databases, and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons 52
	90	+	System. 53
	91	+	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 54