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Florida Senate - 2025 CS for CS for SB 1444 By the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Collins 604-03626-25 20251444c2 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to public safety; amending s. 3 112.1815, F.S.; authorizing first responder amputees 4 to continue to serve as first responders under certain 5 circumstances; creating s. 112.195, F.S.; creating the 6 Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart 7 Medal; providing requirements for such medals; 8 creating a board to evaluate applications for awarding 9 such medals; providing for board membership; creating 10 s. 316.2675, F.S.; prohibiting the use of motor 11 vehicle kill switches; providing criminal penalties; 12 providing an exception; amending s. 775.0823, F.S.; 13 providing a minimum mandatory sentence for attempted 14 murder of specified justice system personnel; amending 15 s. 790.051, F.S.; providing correctional probation 16 officers with the same firearms rights as law 17 enforcement officers; amending s. 790.052, F.S.; 18 providing that specified persons may carry concealed 19 firearms under certain circumstances and use them in 20 the same manner as on-duty law enforcement officers; 21 amending s. 817.49, F.S.; providing legislative 22 findings concerning prosecution of the false reporting 23 of crimes; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; providing 24 construction regarding a judge preventing the carrying 25 of concealed weapons or concealed firearms in a 26 courthouse; amending ss. 937.021 and 937.022, F.S.; 27 revising requirements for the reporting of missing 28 persons information; amending s. 500.92, F.S.; 29 prohibiting the selling, delivering, bartering, 30 furnishing, or giving of specified kratom products to 31 persons younger than a specified age; providing 32 increased criminal penalties; amending s. 951.27, 33 F.S.; requiring certain testing of an arrestee and 34 provision of test results to a first responder or 35 criminal justice professional who has been exposed to 36 bodily fluids or bloodborne pathogens from the 37 arrestee; requiring a first responder or criminal 38 justice professional exposed to a potential 39 communicable disease or bloodborne pathogen from an 40 arrestee to provide a notice of the exposure to the 41 detention facility; authorizing the first responder or 42 criminal justice professional to obtain blood test 43 results according to certain provisions; amending s. 44 921.0022, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made 45 by the act; amending s. 843.025, F.S.; prohibiting a 46 person from depriving certain officers of digital 47 recording devices or restraint devices; prohibiting a 48 person from rendering useless certain officers 49 weapons or radios, digital recording devices, or 50 restraint devices; providing criminal penalties; 51 amending ss. 397.417, 420.6241, and 435.04, F.S.; 52 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 53 amending s. 914.25, F.S.; revising the definition of 54 the term serious felony offense; reenacting ss. 55 914.27(1), (2), and (5) and 943.031(8)(c), F.S., 56 relating to the confidentiality of victim and witness 57 information and the Victim and Witness Protection 58 Review Committee, respectively, to incorporate the 59 amendment made to s. 914.25, F.S., in references 60 thereto; amending s. 943.0595, F.S.; eliminating 61 certain circumstances in which criminal history 62 records are automatically sealed; providing that 63 specified provisions do not limit a prosecutor from 64 accessing automatically sealed criminal history 65 records for certain purposes; creating s. 943.0413, 66 F.S.; creating the Critical Infrastructure Mapping 67 Grant Program within the Department of Law 68 Enforcement; providing eligibility; specifying 69 requirements for maps created by the program; 70 authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing 71 effective dates. 72 73 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 74 75 Section 1.Effective July 1, 2025, subsection (7) is added 76 to section 112.1815, Florida Statutes, to read: 77 112.1815Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical 78 technicians, and law enforcement officers; special provisions 79 for employment-related accidents and injuries. 80 (7)An individual who is certified as a first responder and 81 has a physical disability resulting from an amputation may 82 continue to serve as a first responder if he or she meets the 83 first responder certification requirements without an 84 accommodation. 85 Section 2.Effective July 1, 2025, section 112.195, Florida 86 Statutes, is created to read: 87 112.195Florida Medal of Valor and Florida Blue/Red Heart 88 Medal. 89 (1)(a)There is created the Florida Medal of Valor for 90 first responders as defined in s. 112.1815 and related 91 personnel. The medal may be awarded only to a first responder or 92 related personnel who goes above and beyond the call of duty to 93 save the life of an individual. 94 (b)There is created the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal. The 95 medal shall be awarded to a law enforcement officer, 96 firefighter, correctional officer, or correctional probation 97 officer who is injured in the line of duty. 98 (2)The Governor, or his or her designee, may present the 99 awards. The awards shall be issued and administered through the 100 Department of Law Enforcement. A resident of this state or an 101 employing agency in this state must apply for the Florida Medal 102 of Valor or the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal on behalf of the 103 potential recipient. 104 (3)(a)An application for a medal under this section must 105 be considered and acted upon by a board charged with the duty of 106 evaluating the appropriateness of the application. The board 107 shall be composed of five members as follows: 108 1.Three members appointed by the Governor. 109 2.One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 110 Representatives. 111 3.One member appointed by the President of the Senate. 112 (b)Members of the board shall serve 2-year terms. Any 113 vacancy on the board must be filled within 3 months. At least 114 three board members must be active, retired, or former law 115 enforcement officers or firefighters. 116 Section 3.Section 316.2675, Florida Statutes, is created 117 to read: 118 316.2675Vehicle kill switches; prohibited uses. 119 (1)A person may not use any device that can be remotely 120 activated to disable a vehicles engine or to prevent a 121 vehicles engine from starting unless he or she is: 122 (a)The owner of the vehicle; 123 (b)A law enforcement officer acting in the course and 124 scope of his or her duties to prevent the commission of a 125 felony; or 126 (c)Acting for or on behalf of a company that offers a 127 subscription, recurring payment program, or lease in connection 128 with the vehicle. 129 (2)A person who violates subsection (1) commits a 130 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 131 775.082 or s. 775.083. 132 (3)This section does not apply to the manufacturer of a 133 vehicle. 134 Section 4.Subsection (2) of section 775.0823, Florida 135 Statutes, is amended to read: 136 775.0823Violent offenses committed against specified 137 justice system personnel.The Legislature does hereby provide 138 for an increase and certainty of penalty for any person 139 convicted of a violent offense against any law enforcement or 140 correctional officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), 141 (7), (8), or (9); against any state attorney elected pursuant to 142 s. 27.01 or assistant state attorney appointed under s. 27.181; 143 against any public defender elected pursuant to s. 27.50 or 144 regional counsel appointed pursuant to s. 27.511(3); against any 145 court-appointed counsel appointed under s. 27.40 or defense 146 attorney in a criminal proceeding; or against any justice or 147 judge of a court described in Art. V of the State Constitution, 148 which offense arises out of or in the scope of the officers 149 duty as a law enforcement or correctional officer, the state 150 attorneys or assistant state attorneys duty as a prosecutor or 151 investigator, the public defender or regional counsel acting in 152 his or her capacity as defense counsel, the court-appointed 153 counsel or defense attorney in a criminal proceeding acting in 154 his or her capacity as defense counsel, or the justices or 155 judges duty as a judicial officer, as follows: 156 (2)For attempted murder in the first degree as described 157 in s. 782.04(1), a sentence pursuant to s. 775.082, s. 775.083, 158 or s. 775.084 with a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years 159 imprisonment. 160 161 Notwithstanding s. 948.01, with respect to any person who is 162 found to have violated this section, adjudication of guilt or 163 imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, deferred, or 164 withheld. 165 Section 5.Section 790.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to 166 read: 167 790.051Exemption from licensing requirements; law 168 enforcement officers.Law enforcement officers and correctional 169 probation officers, as defined in s. 943.10(3), are exempt from 170 the licensing and penal provisions of this chapter when acting 171 at any time within the scope or course of their official duties 172 or when acting at any time in the line of or performance of 173 duty. 174 Section 6.Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 175 790.052, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 176 790.052Carrying concealed firearms; off-duty law 177 enforcement officers. 178 (1)(a)All persons holding active certifications from the 179 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission as law 180 enforcement officers or correctional officers as defined in s. 181 943.10(1), (2), (6), (7), (8), or (9), all judges, and all state 182 attorneys and assistant state attorneys shall have the right to 183 carry, on or about their persons, concealed firearms, during 184 off-duty hours, at the discretion of their superior officers, 185 and may perform those law enforcement functions that they 186 normally perform during duty hours, utilizing their weapons in a 187 manner which is reasonably expected of on-duty officers in 188 similar situations. 189 Section 7.Subsection (4) is added to section 817.49, 190 Florida Statutes, to read: 191 817.49False reports of commission of crimes; penalty. 192 (4)The Legislature finds that the false reporting of 193 crimes is a threat to public safety and a threat to the safety 194 of law enforcement officers and other first responders. As such, 195 the Legislature encourages each state attorney to adopt a pro 196 prosecution policy for the false reporting of crimes as 197 prohibited in this section. 198 Section 8.Effective July 1, 2025, paragraph (a) of 199 subsection (12) of section 790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended 200 to read: 201 790.06License to carry concealed weapon or concealed 202 firearm. 203 (12)(a)A license issued under this section does not 204 authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a 205 concealed weapon or concealed firearm into: 206 1.Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05; 207 2.Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station; 208 3.Any detention facility, prison, or jail; 209 4.Any courthouse; 210 5.Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section does 211 not preclude precludes a judge from carrying a concealed weapon 212 or concealed firearm or determining who will carry a concealed 213 weapon or concealed firearm in his or her courtroom. This 214 subparagraph does not grant a judge the ability to prevent a 215 person, who is otherwise authorized under this chapter to carry 216 a concealed weapon or concealed firearm in a courthouse, from 217 carrying such a concealed weapon or concealed firearm in any 218 area of the courthouse other than his or her courtroom; 219 6.Any polling place; 220 7.Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public 221 school district, municipality, or special district; 222 8.Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof; 223 9.Any school, college, or professional athletic event not 224 related to firearms; 225 10.Any elementary or secondary school facility or 226 administration building; 227 11.Any career center; 228 12.Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense 229 alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which 230 portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such 231 purpose; 232 13.Any college or university facility unless the licensee 233 is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such 234 college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal 235 electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes 236 and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile; 237 14.The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area 238 of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from 239 carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is 240 encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as 241 baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or 242 15.Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited 243 by federal law. 244 Section 9.Effective July 1, 2025, paragraph (c) of 245 subsection (1) and subsection (4) of section 937.021, Florida 246 Statutes, are amended to read: 247 937.021Missing child and missing adult reports. 248 (1)Law enforcement agencies in this state shall adopt 249 written policies that specify the procedures to be used to 250 investigate reports of missing children and missing adults. The 251 policies must ensure that cases involving missing children and 252 adults are investigated promptly using appropriate resources. 253 The policies must include: 254 (c)Standards for maintaining and clearing computer data of 255 information concerning a missing child or missing adult which is 256 stored in the Florida Crime Information Center, the National 257 Crime Information Center, and the National Missing and 258 Unidentified Persons System. The standards must require, at a 259 minimum, a monthly review of each case entered into the Florida 260 Crime Information Center and the National Crime Information 261 Center, an annual review of each case entered into the National 262 Missing and Unidentified Persons System, and a determination of 263 whether the case should be maintained in the databases database. 264 (4)(a)Upon the filing of a police report that a child is 265 missing by the parent or guardian, the Department of Children 266 and Families, or a community-based care provider, the law 267 enforcement agency receiving the report shall immediately inform 268 all on-duty law enforcement officers of the missing child 269 report, communicate the report to every other law enforcement 270 agency having jurisdiction in the county, and within 2 hours 271 after receipt of the report, transmit the report for inclusion 272 within the Florida Crime Information Center and, the National 273 Crime Information Center, and the National Missing and 274 Unidentified Persons System databases, and shall, within 90 days 275 after receipt of the report, transmit the report to the National 276 Missing and Unidentified Persons System. A law enforcement 277 agency may not require a reporter to present an order that a 278 child be taken into custody or any other such order before 279 accepting a report that a child is missing. 280 (b)Upon the filing of a credible police report that an 281 adult is missing, the law enforcement agency receiving the 282 report shall, within 2 hours after receipt of the report, 283 transmit the report for inclusion within the Florida Crime 284 Information Center and, the National Crime Information Center, 285 and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System 286 databases, and shall, within 90 days after receipt of the 287 report, transmit the report to the National Missing and 288 Unidentified Persons System. 289 Section 10.Effective July 1, 2025, paragraph (b) of 290 subsection (3) of section 937.022, Florida Statutes, is amended 291 to read: 292 937.022Missing Endangered Persons Information 293 Clearinghouse. 294 (3)The clearinghouse shall: 295 (b)Provide a centralized file for the exchange of 296 information on missing endangered persons. 297 1.Every state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency 298 shall submit to the clearinghouse information concerning missing 299 endangered persons. 300 2.Any person having knowledge may submit a missing 301 endangered person report to the clearinghouse concerning a child 302 or adult younger than 26 years of age whose whereabouts is 303 unknown, regardless of the circumstances, subsequent to 304 reporting such child or adult missing to the appropriate law 305 enforcement agency within the county in which the child or adult 306 became missing, and subsequent to entry by the law enforcement 307 agency of the child or person into the Florida Crime Information 308 Center and, the National Crime Information Center, and the 309 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System databases. The 310 missing endangered person report shall be included in the 311 clearinghouse database. 312 3.Only the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over 313 the case may submit a missing endangered person report to the 314 clearinghouse involving a missing adult age 26 years or older 315 who is suspected by a law enforcement agency of being endangered 316 or the victim of criminal activity. 317 4.Only the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over 318 the case may make a request to the clearinghouse for the 319 activation of a state Silver Alert or a Purple Alert involving a 320 missing adult if circumstances regarding the disappearance have 321 met the criteria for activation of the Silver Alert Plan or the 322 Purple Alert. 323 Section 11.Subsections (3) and (4) of section 500.92, 324 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 325 500.92Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act. 326 (3)It is unlawful to sell, deliver, barter, furnish, or 327 give, directly or indirectly, any kratom product, including any 328 kratom product that is adulterated with synthesized or semi 329 synthesized kratom alkaloids or constituents or that contains a 330 level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction which is 331 greater than 2 percent, to a person younger than who is under 21 332 years of age. 333 (4)A person who violates violation of subsection (3) 334 commits is a misdemeanor of the first second degree, punishable 335 as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 336 Section 12.Section 951.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to 337 read: 338 951.27Blood tests of inmates. 339 (1)Each county and each municipal detention facility shall 340 have a written procedure developed, in consultation with the 341 facility medical provider, establishing conditions under which 342 an inmate will be tested for infectious disease, including human 343 immunodeficiency virus pursuant to s. 775.0877, which procedure 344 is consistent with guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control 345 and Prevention and recommendations of the Correctional Medical 346 Authority. It is not unlawful for the person receiving the test 347 results to divulge the test results to the sheriff or chief 348 correctional officer. These procedures must include 349 circumstances that warrant the immediate testing of an arrestee 350 upon booking and must require that testing results be provided 351 to any first responder or criminal justice professional who has 352 been exposed to bodily fluids or bloodborne pathogens from the 353 arrestee. 354 (2)Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, 355 serologic blood test results obtained pursuant to subsection (1) 356 are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. 357 I of the State Constitution. However, such results may be 358 provided to employees or officers of the sheriff or chief 359 correctional officer who are responsible for the custody and 360 care of the affected inmate and have a need to know such 361 information, and as provided in ss. 775.0877 and 960.003. In 362 addition, upon request of the victim or the victims legal 363 guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the victim if the 364 victim is a minor, the results of any HIV test performed on an 365 inmate arrested for any sexual offense involving oral, anal, or 366 female genital penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ 367 of another, must be disclosed to the victim or the victims 368 legal guardian, or to the parent or legal guardian of the victim 369 if the victim is a minor. In such cases, the county or municipal 370 detention facility shall furnish the test results to the 371 Department of Health, which is responsible for disclosing the 372 results to public health agencies as provided in s. 775.0877 and 373 to the victim or the victims legal guardian, or the parent or 374 legal guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor, as 375 provided in s. 960.003(3). As used in this subsection, the term 376 female genitals includes the labia minora, labia majora, 377 clitoris, vulva, hymen, and vagina. 378 (3)The results of any serologic blood test on an inmate 379 are a part of that inmates permanent medical file. Upon 380 transfer of the inmate to any other correctional facility, such 381 file is also transferred, and all relevant authorized persons 382 must be notified of positive HIV test results, as required in s. 383 775.0877. 384 (4)A first responder or criminal justice professional who, 385 in the lawful performance of his or her duties, is exposed to a 386 potential communicable disease or bloodborne pathogen by a 387 subject who is arrested and booked into a county or municipal 388 detention facility shall notice the detention facility upon 389 booking or within 24 hours after the exposure. If the first 390 responder or criminal justice professional is incapacitated and 391 cannot provide this notice, this responsibility falls upon his 392 or her employing department. This notice must invoke immediate 393 testing of the inmate, if it has not already been done, 394 according to the written procedures of the detention facility, 395 and such testing is required before release of the inmate. The 396 results of the testing must be handled in accordance with s. 397 775.0877(2). 398 Section 13.Paragraphs (c), (d), and (f) of subsection (3) 399 of section 921.0022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 400 921.0022Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking 401 chart. 402 (3)OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART 403 (c)LEVEL 3 404 405 FloridaStatute FelonyDegree Description 406 119.10(2)(b) 3rd Unlawful use of confidential information from police reports. 407 316.066(3)(b)-(d) 3rd Unlawfully obtaining or using confidential crash reports. 408 316.193(2)(b) 3rd Felony DUI, 3rd conviction. 409 316.1935(2) 3rd Fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officer in patrol vehicle with siren and lights activated. 410 319.30(4) 3rd Possession by junkyard of motor vehicle with identification number plate removed. 411 319.33(1)(a) 3rd Alter or forge any certificate of title to a motor vehicle or mobile home. 412 319.33(1)(c) 3rd Procure or pass title on stolen vehicle. 413 319.33(4) 3rd With intent to defraud, possess, sell, etc., a blank, forged, or unlawfully obtained title or registration. 414 327.35(2)(b) 3rd Felony BUI. 415 328.05(2) 3rd Possess, sell, or counterfeit fictitious, stolen, or fraudulent titles or bills of sale of vessels. 416 328.07(4) 3rd Manufacture, exchange, or possess vessel with counterfeit or wrong ID number. 417 376.302(5) 3rd Fraud related to reimbursement for cleanup expenses under the Inland Protection Trust Fund. 418 379.2431(1)(e)5. 3rd Taking, disturbing, mutilating, destroying, causing to be destroyed, transferring, selling, offering to sell, molesting, or harassing marine turtles, marine turtle eggs, or marine turtle nests in violation of the Marine Turtle Protection Act. 419 379.2431(1)(e)6. 3rd Possessing any marine turtle species or hatchling, or parts thereof, or the nest of any marine turtle species described in the Marine Turtle Protection Act. 420 379.2431(1)(e)7. 3rd Soliciting to commit or conspiring to commit a violation of the Marine Turtle Protection Act. 421 400.9935(4)(a)or (b) 3rd Operating a clinic, or offering services requiring licensure, without a license. 422 400.9935(4)(e) 3rd Filing a false license application or other required information or failing to report information. 423 440.1051(3) 3rd False report of workers compensation fraud or retaliation for making such a report. 424 501.001(2)(b) 2nd Tampers with a consumer product or the container using materially false/misleading information. 425 624.401(4)(a) 3rd Transacting insurance without a certificate of authority. 426 624.401(4)(b)1. 3rd Transacting insurance without a certificate of authority; premium collected less than $20,000. 427 626.902(1)(a) &(b) 3rd Representing an unauthorized insurer. 428 697.08 3rd Equity skimming. 429 790.15(3) 3rd Person directs another to discharge firearm from a vehicle. 430 794.053 3rd Lewd or lascivious written solicitation of a person 16 or 17 years of age by a person 24 years of age or older. 431 806.10(1) 3rd Maliciously injure, destroy, or interfere with vehicles or equipment used in firefighting. 432 806.10(2) 3rd Interferes with or assaults firefighter in performance of duty. 433 810.09(2)(b) 3rd Trespass on property other than structure or conveyance armed with firearm or dangerous weapon. 434 810.145(2)(c) 3rd Digital voyeurism; 19 years of age or older. 435 812.014(2)(c)2. 3rd Grand theft; $5,000 or more but less than $10,000. 436 812.0145(2)(c) 3rd Theft from person 65 years of age or older; $300 or more but less than $10,000. 437 812.015(8)(b) 3rd Retail theft with intent to sell; conspires with others. 438 812.081(2) 3rd Theft of a trade secret. 439 815.04(4)(b) 2nd Computer offense devised to defraud or obtain property. 440 817.034(4)(a)3. 3rd Engages in scheme to defraud (Florida Communications Fraud Act), property valued at less than $20,000. 441 817.233 3rd Burning to defraud insurer. 442 817.234(8)(b) & (c) 3rd Unlawful solicitation of persons involved in motor vehicle accidents. 443 817.234(11)(a) 3rd Insurance fraud; property value less than $20,000. 444 817.236 3rd Filing a false motor vehicle insurance application. 445 817.2361 3rd Creating, marketing, or presenting a false or fraudulent motor vehicle insurance card. 446 817.413(2) 3rd Sale of used goods of $1,000 or more as new. 447 817.49(2)(b)1. 2nd 3rd Willful making of a false report of a crime causing great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or permanent disability. 448 831.28(2)(a) 3rd Counterfeiting a payment instrument with intent to defraud or possessing a counterfeit payment instrument with intent to defraud. 449 831.29 2nd Possession of instruments for counterfeiting driver licenses or identification cards. 450 836.13(2) 3rd Person who promotes an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without consent. 451 838.021(3)(b) 3rd Threatens unlawful harm to public servant. 452 847.01385 3rd Harmful communication to a minor. 453 860.15(3) 3rd Overcharging for repairs and parts. 454 870.01(2) 3rd Riot. 455 870.01(4) 3rd Inciting a riot. 456 893.13(1)(a)2. 3rd Sell, manufacture, or deliver cannabis (or other s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs). 457 893.13(1)(d)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs within 1,000 feet of university. 458 893.13(1)(f)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs within 1,000 feet of public housing facility. 459 893.13(4)(c) 3rd Use or hire of minor; deliver to minor other controlled substances. 460 893.13(6)(a) 3rd Possession of any controlled substance other than felony possession of cannabis. 461 893.13(7)(a)8. 3rd Withhold information from practitioner regarding previous receipt of or prescription for a controlled substance. 462 893.13(7)(a)9. 3rd Obtain or attempt to obtain controlled substance by fraud, forgery, misrepresentation, etc. 463 893.13(7)(a)10. 3rd Affix false or forged label to package of controlled substance. 464 893.13(7)(a)11. 3rd Furnish false or fraudulent material information on any document or record required by chapter 893. 465 893.13(8)(a)1. 3rd Knowingly assist a patient, other person, or owner of an animal in obtaining a controlled substance through deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations in or related to the practitioners practice. 466 893.13(8)(a)2. 3rd Employ a trick or scheme in the practitioners practice to assist a patient, other person, or owner of an animal in obtaining a controlled substance. 467 893.13(8)(a)3. 3rd Knowingly write a prescription for a controlled substance for a fictitious person. 468 893.13(8)(a)4. 3rd Write a prescription for a controlled substance for a patient, other person, or an animal if the sole purpose of writing the prescription is a monetary benefit for the practitioner. 469 918.13(1) 3rd Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. 470 944.47(1)(a)1. & 2. 3rd Introduce contraband to correctional facility. 471 944.47(1)(c) 2nd Possess contraband while upon the grounds of a correctional institution. 472 985.721 3rd Escapes from a juvenile facility (secure detention or residential commitment facility). 473 (d)LEVEL 4 474 475 FloridaStatute FelonyDegree Description 476 104.155 3rd Unqualified noncitizen electors voting; aiding or soliciting noncitizen electors in voting. 477 316.1935(3)(a) 2nd Driving at high speed or with wanton disregard for safety while fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officer who is in a patrol vehicle with siren and lights activated. 478 499.0051(1) 3rd Failure to maintain or deliver transaction history, transaction information, or transaction statements. 479 499.0051(5) 2nd Knowing sale or delivery, or possession with intent to sell, contraband prescription drugs. 480 517.07(1) 3rd Failure to register securities. 481 517.12(1) 3rd Failure of dealer or associated person of a dealer of securities to register. 482 784.031 3rd Battery by strangulation. 483 784.07(2)(b) 3rd Battery of law enforcement officer, firefighter, etc. 484 784.074(1)(c) 3rd Battery of sexually violent predators facility staff. 485 784.075 3rd Battery on detention or commitment facility staff. 486 784.078 3rd Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials. 487 784.08(2)(c) 3rd Battery on a person 65 years of age or older. 488 784.081(3) 3rd Battery on specified official or employee. 489 784.082(3) 3rd Battery by detained person on visitor or other detainee. 490 784.083(3) 3rd Battery on code inspector. 491 784.085 3rd Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials. 492 787.03(1) 3rd Interference with custody; wrongly takes minor from appointed guardian. 493 787.04(2) 3rd Take, entice, or remove child beyond state limits with criminal intent pending custody proceedings. 494 787.04(3) 3rd Carrying child beyond state lines with criminal intent to avoid producing child at custody hearing or delivering to designated person. 495 787.07 3rd Human smuggling. 496 790.115(1) 3rd Exhibiting firearm or weapon within 1,000 feet of a school. 497 790.115(2)(b) 3rd Possessing electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon on school property. 498 790.115(2)(c) 3rd Possessing firearm on school property. 499 794.051(1) 3rd Indecent, lewd, or lascivious touching of certain minors. 500 800.04(7)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition; offender less than 18 years. 501 806.135 2nd Destroying or demolishing a memorial or historic property. 502 810.02(4)(a) 3rd Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery. 503 810.02(4)(b) 3rd Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied conveyance; unarmed; no assault or battery. 504 810.06 3rd Burglary; possession of tools. 505 810.08(2)(c) 3rd Trespass on property, armed with firearm or dangerous weapon. 506 810.145(3)(b) 3rd Digital voyeurism dissemination. 507 812.014(2)(c)3. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree $10,000 or more but less than $20,000. 508 812.014(2)(c)4. &6.-10. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree; specified items. 509 812.014(2)(d)2. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree; $750 or more taken from dwelling or its unenclosed curtilage. 510 812.014(2)(e)3. 3rd Petit theft, 1st degree; less than $40 taken from dwelling or its unenclosed curtilage with two or more prior theft convictions. 511 812.0195(2) 3rd Dealing in stolen property by use of the Internet; property stolen $300 or more. 512 817.505(4)(a) 3rd Patient brokering. 513 817.563(1) 3rd Sell or deliver substance other than controlled substance agreed upon, excluding s. 893.03(5) drugs. 514 817.568(2)(a) 3rd Fraudulent use of personal identification information. 515 817.5695(3)(c) 3rd Exploitation of person 65 years of age or older, value less than $10,000. 516 817.625(2)(a) 3rd Fraudulent use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder. 517 817.625(2)(c) 3rd Possess, sell, or deliver skimming device. 518 828.125(1) 2nd Kill, maim, or cause great bodily harm or permanent breeding disability to any registered horse or cattle. 519 836.14(2) 3rd Person who commits theft of a sexually explicit image with intent to promote it. 520 836.14(3) 3rd Person who willfully possesses a sexually explicit image with certain knowledge, intent, and purpose. 521 837.02(1) 3rd Perjury in official proceedings. 522 837.021(1) 3rd Make contradictory statements in official proceedings. 523 838.022 3rd Official misconduct. 524 839.13(2)(a) 3rd Falsifying records of an individual in the care and custody of a state agency. 525 839.13(2)(c) 3rd Falsifying records of the Department of Children and Families. 526 843.021 3rd Possession of a concealed handcuff key by a person in custody. 527 843.025 3rd Interfering with a Deprive law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officers officer of means of protection or communication. 528 843.15(1)(a) 3rd Failure to appear while on bail for felony (bond estreature or bond jumping). 529 843.19(2) 2nd Injure, disable, or kill police, fire, or SAR canine or police horse. 530 847.0135(5)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition using computer; offender less than 18 years. 531 870.01(3) 2nd Aggravated rioting. 532 870.01(5) 2nd Aggravated inciting a riot. 533 874.05(1)(a) 3rd Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal gang. 534 893.13(2)(a)1. 2nd Purchase of cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (b), or (d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5. drugs). 535 914.14(2) 3rd Witnesses accepting bribes. 536 914.22(1) 3rd Force, threaten, etc., witness, victim, or informant. 537 914.23(2) 3rd Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, no bodily injury. 538 916.1085(2)(c)1. 3rd Introduction of specified contraband into certain DCF facilities. 539 918.12 3rd Tampering with jurors. 540 934.215 3rd Use of two-way communications device to facilitate commission of a crime. 541 944.47(1)(a)6. 3rd Introduction of contraband (cellular telephone or other portable communication device) into correctional institution. 542 951.22(1)(h),(j) & (k) 3rd Intoxicating drug, instrumentality or other device to aid escape, or cellular telephone or other portable communication device introduced into county detention facility. 543 (f)LEVEL 6 544 545 FloridaStatute FelonyDegree Description 546 316.027(2)(b) 2nd Leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury. 547 316.193(2)(b) 3rd Felony DUI, 4th or subsequent conviction. 548 400.9935(4)(c) 2nd Operating a clinic, or offering services requiring licensure, without a license. 549 499.0051(2) 2nd Knowing forgery of transaction history, transaction information, or transaction statement. 550 499.0051(3) 2nd Knowing purchase or receipt of prescription drug from unauthorized person. 551 499.0051(4) 2nd Knowing sale or transfer of prescription drug to unauthorized person. 552 775.0875(1) 3rd Taking firearm from law enforcement officer. 553 784.021(1)(a) 3rd Aggravated assault; deadly weapon without intent to kill. 554 784.021(1)(b) 3rd Aggravated assault; intent to commit felony. 555 784.041 3rd Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation. 556 784.048(3) 3rd Aggravated stalking; credible threat. 557 784.048(5) 3rd Aggravated stalking of person under 16. 558 784.07(2)(c) 2nd Aggravated assault on law enforcement officer. 559 784.074(1)(b) 2nd Aggravated assault on sexually violent predators facility staff. 560 784.08(2)(b) 2nd Aggravated assault on a person 65 years of age or older. 561 784.081(2) 2nd Aggravated assault on specified official or employee. 562 784.082(2) 2nd Aggravated assault by detained person on visitor or other detainee. 563 784.083(2) 2nd Aggravated assault on code inspector. 564 787.02(2) 3rd False imprisonment; restraining with purpose other than those in s. 787.01. 565 790.115(2)(d) 2nd Discharging firearm or weapon on school property. 566 790.161(2) 2nd Make, possess, or throw destructive device with intent to do bodily harm or damage property. 567 790.164(1) 2nd False report concerning bomb, explosive, weapon of mass destruction, act of arson or violence to state property, or use of firearms in violent manner. 568 790.19 2nd Shooting or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, vessels, or vehicles. 569 794.011(8)(a) 3rd Solicitation of minor to participate in sexual activity by custodial adult. 570 794.05(1) 2nd Unlawful sexual activity with specified minor. 571 800.04(5)(d) 3rd Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age; offender less than 18 years. 572 800.04(6)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender 18 years of age or older. 573 806.031(2) 2nd Arson resulting in great bodily harm to firefighter or any other person. 574 810.02(3)(c) 2nd Burglary of occupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery. 575 810.145(8)(b) 2nd Digital voyeurism; certain minor victims; 2nd or subsequent offense. 576 812.014(2)(b)1. 2nd Property stolen $20,000 or more, but less than $100,000, grand theft in 2nd degree. 577 812.014(2)(c)5. 3rd Grand theft; third degree; firearm. 578 812.014(6) 2nd Theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others. 579 812.015(9)(a) 2nd Retail theft; property stolen $750 or more; second or subsequent conviction. 580 812.015(9)(b) 2nd Retail theft; aggregated property stolen within 120 days is $3,000 or more; coordination of others. 581 812.015(9)(d) 2nd Retail theft; multiple thefts within specified period. 582 812.015(9)(e) 2nd Retail theft; committed with specified number of other persons and use of social media platform. 583 812.13(2)(c) 2nd Robbery, no firearm or other weapon (strong-arm robbery). 584 817.4821(5) 2nd Possess cloning paraphernalia with intent to create cloned cellular telephones. 585 817.49(2)(b)2. 1st 2nd Willful making of a false report of a crime resulting in death. 586 817.505(4)(b) 2nd Patient brokering; 10 or more patients. 587 817.5695(3)(b) 2nd Exploitation of person 65 years of age or older, value $10,000 or more, but less than $50,000. 588 825.102(1) 3rd Abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult. 589 825.102(3)(c) 3rd Neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult. 590 825.1025(3) 3rd Lewd or lascivious molestation of an elderly person or disabled adult. 591 825.103(3)(c) 3rd Exploiting an elderly person or disabled adult and property is valued at less than $10,000. 592 827.03(2)(c) 3rd Abuse of a child. 593 827.03(2)(d) 3rd Neglect of a child. 594 827.071(5) 3rd Possess, control, or intentionally view any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes child pornography. 595 828.126(3) 3rd Sexual activities involving animals. 596 836.05 2nd Threats; extortion. 597 836.10 2nd Written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. 598 843.12 3rd Aids or assists person to escape. 599 847.011 3rd Distributing, offering to distribute, or possessing with intent to distribute obscene materials depicting minors. 600 847.012 3rd Knowingly using a minor in the production of materials harmful to minors. 601 847.0135(2) 3rd Facilitates sexual conduct of or with a minor or the visual depiction of such conduct. 602 893.131 2nd Distribution of controlled substances resulting in overdose or serious bodily injury. 603 914.23 2nd Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, with bodily injury. 604 918.13(2)(b) 2nd Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence relating to a capital felony. 605 944.35(3)(a)2. 3rd Committing malicious battery upon or inflicting cruel or inhuman treatment on an inmate or offender on community supervision, resulting in great bodily harm. 606 944.40 2nd Escapes. 607 944.46 3rd Harboring, concealing, aiding escaped prisoners. 608 944.47(1)(a)5. 2nd Introduction of contraband (firearm, weapon, or explosive) into correctional facility. 609 951.22(1)(i) 3rd Firearm or weapon introduced into county detention facility. 610 611 Section 14.Section 843.025, Florida Statutes, is amended 612 to read: 613 843.025Interfering with an officers Depriving officer of 614 means of protection or communication. 615 (1)It is unlawful for any person to do any of the 616 following to deprive a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 617 943.10(1), a correctional officer as defined in s. 943.10(2), or 618 a correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3): 619 (a)Deprive the officer of her or his weapon or radio; 620 digital recording device, including a body-worn camera; or 621 restraint device, including handcuffs, or to otherwise deprive 622 the officer of the means to defend herself or himself or summon 623 assistance. 624 (b)Render useless the officers weapon or radio; digital 625 recording device, including a body-worn camera; or restraint 626 device, including handcuffs, or to otherwise prevent the officer 627 from defending herself or himself or to summon assistance. 628 (2)Any person who violates this section commits is guilty 629 of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 630 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 631 Section 15.Paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of section 632 397.417, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 633 397.417Peer specialists. 634 (4)BACKGROUND SCREENING. 635 (e)The background screening conducted under this 636 subsection must ensure that a peer specialist has not been 637 arrested for and is awaiting final disposition of, found guilty 638 of, regardless of adjudication, or entered a plea of nolo 639 contendere or guilty to, or been adjudicated delinquent and the 640 record has not been sealed or expunged for, any offense 641 prohibited under any of the following state laws or similar laws 642 of another jurisdiction: 643 1.Section 393.135, relating to sexual misconduct with 644 certain developmentally disabled clients and reporting of such 645 sexual misconduct. 646 2.Section 394.4593, relating to sexual misconduct with 647 certain mental health patients and reporting of such sexual 648 misconduct. 649 3.Section 409.920, relating to Medicaid provider fraud, if 650 the offense was a felony of the first or second degree. 651 4.Section 415.111, relating to abuse, neglect, or 652 exploitation of vulnerable adults. 653 5.Any offense that constitutes domestic violence as 654 defined in s. 741.28. 655 6.Section 777.04, relating to attempts, solicitation, and 656 conspiracy to commit an offense listed in this paragraph. 657 7.Section 782.04, relating to murder. 658 8.Section 782.07, relating to manslaughter; aggravated 659 manslaughter of an elderly person or a disabled adult; 660 aggravated manslaughter of a child; or aggravated manslaughter 661 of an officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, 662 or a paramedic. 663 9.Section 782.071, relating to vehicular homicide. 664 10.Section 782.09, relating to killing an unborn child by 665 injury to the mother. 666 11.Chapter 784, relating to assault, battery, and culpable 667 negligence, if the offense was a felony. 668 12.Section 787.01, relating to kidnapping. 669 13.Section 787.02, relating to false imprisonment. 670 14.Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a 671 child. 672 15.Section 787.04(2), relating to leading, taking, 673 enticing, or removing a minor beyond state limits, or concealing 674 the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending custody 675 proceedings. 676 16.Section 787.04(3), relating to leading, taking, 677 enticing, or removing a minor beyond state limits, or concealing 678 the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending dependency 679 proceedings or proceedings concerning alleged abuse or neglect 680 of a minor. 681 17.Section 790.115(1), relating to exhibiting firearms or 682 weapons within 1,000 feet of a school. 683 18.Section 790.115(2)(b), relating to possessing an 684 electric weapon or device, a destructive device, or any other 685 weapon on school property. 686 19.Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery. 687 20.Former s. 794.041, relating to prohibited acts of 688 persons in familial or custodial authority. 689 21.Section 794.05, relating to unlawful sexual activity 690 with certain minors. 691 22.Section 794.08, relating to female genital mutilation. 692 23.Section 796.07, relating to procuring another to commit 693 prostitution, except for those offenses expunged pursuant to s. 694 943.0583. 695 24.Section 798.02, relating to lewd and lascivious 696 behavior. 697 25.Chapter 800, relating to lewdness and indecent 698 exposure. 699 26.Section 806.01, relating to arson. 700 27.Section 810.02, relating to burglary, if the offense 701 was a felony of the first degree. 702 28.Section 810.14, relating to voyeurism, if the offense 703 was a felony. 704 29.Section 810.145, relating to digital voyeurism, if the 705 offense was a felony. 706 30.Section 812.13, relating to robbery. 707 31.Section 812.131, relating to robbery by sudden 708 snatching. 709 32.Section 812.133, relating to carjacking. 710 33.Section 812.135, relating to home-invasion robbery. 711 34.Section 817.034, relating to communications fraud, if 712 the offense was a felony of the first degree. 713 35.Section 817.234, relating to false and fraudulent 714 insurance claims, if the offense was a felony of the first or 715 second degree. 716 36.Section 817.50, relating to fraudulently obtaining 717 goods or services from a health care provider and false reports 718 of a communicable disease. 719 37.Section 817.505, relating to patient brokering. 720 38.Section 817.568, relating to fraudulent use of personal 721 identification, if the offense was a felony of the first or 722 second degree. 723 39.Section 825.102, relating to abuse, aggravated abuse, 724 or neglect of an elderly person or a disabled adult. 725 40.Section 825.1025, relating to lewd or lascivious 726 offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly person 727 or a disabled person. 728 41.Section 825.103, relating to exploitation of an elderly 729 person or a disabled adult, if the offense was a felony. 730 42.Section 826.04, relating to incest. 731 43.Section 827.03, relating to child abuse, aggravated 732 child abuse, or neglect of a child. 733 44.Section 827.04, relating to contributing to the 734 delinquency or dependency of a child. 735 45.Former s. 827.05, relating to negligent treatment of 736 children. 737 46.Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by a 738 child. 739 47.Section 831.30, relating to fraud in obtaining 740 medicinal drugs. 741 48.Section 831.31, relating to the sale; manufacture; 742 delivery; or possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or 743 deliver of any counterfeit controlled substance, if the offense 744 was a felony. 745 49.Section 843.01, relating to resisting arrest with 746 violence. 747 50.Section 843.025, relating to interfering with depriving 748 a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation 749 officers officer of the means of protection or communication. 750 51.Section 843.12, relating to aiding in an escape. 751 52.Section 843.13, relating to aiding in the escape of 752 juvenile inmates of correctional institutions. 753 53.Chapter 847, relating to obscenity. 754 54.Section 874.05, relating to encouraging or recruiting 755 another to join a criminal gang. 756 55.Chapter 893, relating to drug abuse prevention and 757 control, if the offense was a felony of the second degree or 758 greater severity. 759 56.Section 895.03, relating to racketeering and collection 760 of unlawful debts. 761 57.Section 896.101, relating to the Florida Money 762 Laundering Act. 763 58.Section 916.1075, relating to sexual misconduct with 764 certain forensic clients and reporting of such sexual 765 misconduct. 766 59.Section 944.35(3), relating to inflicting cruel or 767 inhuman treatment on an inmate resulting in great bodily harm. 768 60.Section 944.40, relating to escape. 769 61.Section 944.46, relating to harboring, concealing, or 770 aiding an escaped prisoner. 771 62.Section 944.47, relating to introduction of contraband 772 into a correctional institution. 773 63.Section 985.701, relating to sexual misconduct in 774 juvenile justice programs. 775 64.Section 985.711, relating to introduction of contraband 776 into a detention facility. 777 Section 16.Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 778 420.6241, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 779 420.6241Persons with lived experience. 780 (4)BACKGROUND SCREENING. 781 (b)The background screening conducted under this 782 subsection must ensure that the qualified applicant has not been 783 arrested for and is not awaiting final disposition of, has not 784 been found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, or entered a 785 plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, or has not been 786 adjudicated delinquent and the record has been sealed or 787 expunged for, any offense prohibited under any of the following 788 state laws or similar laws of another jurisdiction: 789 1.Section 393.135, relating to sexual misconduct with 790 certain developmentally disabled clients and reporting of such 791 sexual misconduct. 792 2.Section 394.4593, relating to sexual misconduct with 793 certain mental health patients and reporting of such sexual 794 misconduct. 795 3.Section 409.920, relating to Medicaid provider fraud, if 796 the offense is a felony of the first or second degree. 797 4.Section 415.111, relating to criminal penalties for 798 abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults. 799 5.Any offense that constitutes domestic violence, as 800 defined in s. 741.28. 801 6.Section 777.04, relating to attempts, solicitation, and 802 conspiracy to commit an offense listed in this paragraph. 803 7.Section 782.04, relating to murder. 804 8.Section 782.07, relating to manslaughter, aggravated 805 manslaughter of an elderly person or a disabled adult, 806 aggravated manslaughter of a child, or aggravated manslaughter 807 of an officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, 808 or a paramedic. 809 9.Section 782.071, relating to vehicular homicide. 810 10.Section 782.09, relating to killing of an unborn child 811 by injury to the mother. 812 11.Chapter 784, relating to assault, battery, and culpable 813 negligence, if the offense is a felony. 814 12.Section 787.01, relating to kidnapping. 815 13.Section 787.02, relating to false imprisonment. 816 14.Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a 817 child. 818 15.Section 787.04(2), relating to leading, taking, 819 enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or 820 concealing the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending 821 custody proceedings. 822 16.Section 787.04(3), relating to leading, taking, 823 enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or 824 concealing the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending 825 dependency proceedings or proceedings concerning alleged abuse 826 or neglect of a minor. 827 17.Section 790.115(1), relating to exhibiting firearms or 828 weapons within 1,000 feet of a school. 829 18.Section 790.115(2)(b), relating to possessing an 830 electric weapon or device, a destructive device, or any other 831 weapon on school property. 832 19.Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery. 833 20.Former s. 794.041, relating to prohibited acts of 834 persons in familial or custodial authority. 835 21.Section 794.05, relating to unlawful sexual activity 836 with certain minors. 837 22.Section 794.08, relating to female genital mutilation. 838 23.Section 796.07, relating to procuring another to commit 839 prostitution, except for those offenses expunged pursuant to s. 840 943.0583. 841 24.Section 798.02, relating to lewd and lascivious 842 behavior. 843 25.Chapter 800, relating to lewdness and indecent 844 exposure. 845 26.Section 806.01, relating to arson. 846 27.Section 810.02, relating to burglary, if the offense is 847 a felony of the first degree. 848 28.Section 810.14, relating to voyeurism, if the offense 849 is a felony. 850 29.Section 810.145, relating to digital video voyeurism, 851 if the offense is a felony. 852 30.Section 812.13, relating to robbery. 853 31.Section 812.131, relating to robbery by sudden 854 snatching. 855 32.Section 812.133, relating to carjacking. 856 33.Section 812.135, relating to home-invasion robbery. 857 34.Section 817.034, relating to communications fraud, if 858 the offense is a felony of the first degree. 859 35.Section 817.234, relating to false and fraudulent 860 insurance claims, if the offense is a felony of the first or 861 second degree. 862 36.Section 817.50, relating to fraudulently obtaining 863 goods or services from a health care provider and false reports 864 of a communicable disease. 865 37.Section 817.505, relating to patient brokering. 866 38.Section 817.568, relating to fraudulent use of personal 867 identification, if the offense is a felony of the first or 868 second degree. 869 39.Section 825.102, relating to abuse, aggravated abuse, 870 or neglect of an elderly person or a disabled adult. 871 40.Section 825.1025, relating to lewd or lascivious 872 offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly person 873 or a disabled person. 874 41.Section 825.103, relating to exploitation of an elderly 875 person or a disabled adult, if the offense is a felony. 876 42.Section 826.04, relating to incest. 877 43.Section 827.03, relating to child abuse, aggravated 878 child abuse, or neglect of a child. 879 44.Section 827.04, relating to contributing to the 880 delinquency or dependency of a child. 881 45.Former s. 827.05, relating to negligent treatment of 882 children. 883 46.Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by a 884 child. 885 47.Section 831.30, relating to fraud in obtaining 886 medicinal drugs. 887 48.Section 831.31, relating to the sale, manufacture, 888 delivery, or possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or 889 deliver any counterfeit controlled substance, if the offense is 890 a felony. 891 49.Section 843.01, relating to resisting arrest with 892 violence. 893 50.Section 843.025, relating to interfering with depriving 894 a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation 895 officers officer of the means of protection or communication. 896 51.Section 843.12, relating to aiding in an escape. 897 52.Section 843.13, relating to aiding in the escape of 898 juvenile inmates of correctional institutions. 899 53.Chapter 847, relating to obscenity. 900 54.Section 874.05, relating to encouraging or recruiting 901 another to join a criminal gang. 902 55.Chapter 893, relating to drug abuse prevention and 903 control, if the offense is a felony of the second degree or 904 greater severity. 905 56.Section 895.03, relating to racketeering and collection 906 of unlawful debts. 907 57.Section 896.101, relating to the Florida Money 908 Laundering Act. 909 58.Section 916.1075, relating to sexual misconduct with 910 certain forensic clients and reporting of such sexual 911 misconduct. 912 59.Section 944.35(3), relating to inflicting cruel or 913 inhuman treatment on an inmate, resulting in great bodily harm. 914 60.Section 944.40, relating to escape. 915 61.Section 944.46, relating to harboring, concealing, or 916 aiding an escaped prisoner. 917 62.Section 944.47, relating to introduction of contraband 918 into a correctional institution. 919 63.Section 985.701, relating to sexual misconduct in 920 juvenile justice programs. 921 64.Section 985.711, relating to introduction of contraband 922 into a detention facility. 923 Section 17.Paragraph (xx) of subsection (2) of section 924 435.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 925 435.04Level 2 screening standards. 926 (2)The security background investigations under this 927 section must ensure that persons subject to this section have 928 not been arrested for and are awaiting final disposition of; 929 have not been found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, or 930 entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to; or have not been 931 adjudicated delinquent and the record has not been sealed or 932 expunged for, any offense prohibited under any of the following 933 provisions of state law or similar law of another jurisdiction: 934 (xx)Section 843.025, relating to interfering with 935 depriving a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional 936 probation officers officer means of protection or 937 communication. 938 Section 18.Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 939 914.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 940 914.25Protective services for certain victims and 941 witnesses. 942 (1)For purposes of this section, the term: 943 (b)Serious felony offense means one of the following 944 offenses, including an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to 945 commit one of the following offenses: murder, manslaughter, 946 sexual battery, aggravated stalking, aggravated battery, 947 carjacking, home invasion robbery, burglary, arson, robbery, 948 kidnapping, racketeering, or trafficking in a controlled 949 substance, battery by strangulation, human smuggling, human 950 trafficking, or any other felony that involves the use or threat 951 of physical force or violence against any individual. 952 Section 19.For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 953 made by this act to section 914.25, Florida Statutes, in 954 references thereto, subsections (1), (2), and (5) of section 955 914.27, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read: 956 914.27Confidentiality of victim and witness information. 957 (1)Information held by any state or local law enforcement 958 agency, state attorney, the statewide prosecutor, the Victim and 959 Witness Protection Review Committee created pursuant to s. 960 943.031, or the Department of Law Enforcement which discloses: 961 (a)The identity or location of a victim or witness who has 962 been identified or certified for protective or relocation 963 services pursuant to s. 914.25; 964 (b)The identity or location of an immediate family member 965 of a victim or witness who has been identified or certified 966 pursuant to s. 914.25; 967 (c)Relocation sites, techniques, or procedures utilized or 968 developed as a result of the victim and witness protective 969 services afforded by s. 914.25; or 970 (d)The identity or relocation site of any victim, witness, 971 or immediate family member of a victim or witness who has made a 972 relocation of permanent residence by reason of the victims or 973 witnesss involvement in the investigation or prosecution giving 974 rise to certification for protective or relocation services 975 pursuant to s. 914.25; 976 977 is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) 978 and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Such information 979 may be shared by law enforcement agencies, state attorneys, and 980 the statewide prosecutor to facilitate the protective or 981 relocation services provided pursuant to s. 914.25 and to 982 support the prosecution efforts of the state attorneys and the 983 statewide prosecutor. Any information so shared must remain 984 confidential and exempt in the hands of any agency or entity to 985 which the information is provided. 986 (2)If a victim or witness is identified for protective 987 services under s. 914.25 and is later denied certification, the 988 identity and location information exempt pursuant to paragraphs 989 (1)(a) and (b) becomes public information, unless otherwise 990 provided by law. 991 (5)For the purposes of effectively implementing s. 914.25, 992 any state or local law enforcement agency, state attorney, or 993 the statewide prosecutor may provide written notification to an 994 agency as defined in s. 119.011 or to a business entity 995 operating under contract with, licensed by, or having any other 996 business relationship with an agency, or providing services 997 pursuant to s. 914.25, that information described in subsection 998 (1) held by that agency or business is confidential and exempt 999 from public disclosure. The state or local law enforcement 1000 agency, state attorney, or the statewide prosecutor providing 1001 such written notification shall also provide written 1002 notification to the agency or business as to when, in accordance 1003 with this section, identity and location information exempted 1004 pursuant to paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) can be made publicly 1005 available. 1006 Section 20.For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 1007 made by this act to section 914.25, Florida Statutes, in a 1008 reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (8) of section 1009 943.031, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1010 943.031Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control Council. 1011 (8)VICTIM AND WITNESS PROTECTION REVIEW COMMITTEE. 1012 (c)The lead law enforcement agency providing victim or 1013 witness protective or temporary relocation services pursuant to 1014 the provisions of s. 914.25 may submit a request for 1015 reimbursement to the Victim and Witness Protection Review 1016 Committee in a format approved by the committee. The lead law 1017 enforcement agency shall submit such reimbursement request on 1018 behalf of all law enforcement agencies that cooperated in 1019 providing protective or temporary relocation services related to 1020 a particular criminal investigation or prosecution. As part of 1021 the reimbursement request, the lead law enforcement agency must 1022 indicate how any reimbursement proceeds will be distributed 1023 among the agencies that provided protective or temporary 1024 relocation services. 1025 Section 21.Effective July 1, 2025, paragraph (a) of 1026 subsection (2) of section 943.0595, Florida Statutes, is 1027 amended, and paragraph (e) is added to subsection (3) of that 1028 section, to read: 1029 943.0595Automatic sealing of criminal history records; 1030 confidentiality of related court records. 1031 (2)ELIGIBILITY. 1032 (a)The department shall automatically seal a criminal 1033 history record that does not result from an indictment, 1034 information, or other charging document for a forcible felony as 1035 defined in s. 776.08 or for an offense enumerated in s. 1036 943.0435(1)(h)1.a.(I), if: 1037 1.An indictment, information, or other charging document 1038 was not filed or issued in the case giving rise to the criminal 1039 history record. 1040 2.An indictment, information, or other charging document 1041 was filed in the case giving rise to the criminal history 1042 record, but was dismissed or nolle prosequi by the state 1043 attorney or statewide prosecutor or was dismissed by a court of 1044 competent jurisdiction as to all counts. However, a person is 1045 not eligible for automatic sealing under this section if the 1046 dismissal was pursuant to s. 916.145 or s. 985.19. 1047 1.3.A not guilty verdict was rendered by a judge or jury 1048 as to all counts. However, a person is not eligible for 1049 automatic sealing under this section if the defendant was found 1050 not guilty by reason of insanity. 1051 2.4.A judgment of acquittal was rendered by a judge as to 1052 all counts. 1053 (3)PROCESS FOR AND EFFECT OF AUTOMATIC SEALING. 1054 (e)This section does not limit a prosecutor from accessing 1055 a criminal history record sealed pursuant to this section to 1056 determine an appropriate plea offer, to access evidence that can 1057 be used in a prosecution, or to determine eligibility for 1058 diversion. 1059 Section 22.Effective July 1, 2025, section 943.0413, 1060 Florida Statutes, is created to read: 1061 943.0413Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program. 1062 (1)(a)Subject to legislative appropriation, the Critical 1063 Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program is created within the 1064 department to support the ongoing assessment of this states 1065 vulnerability to, and ability to detect, prevent, prepare for, 1066 respond to, and recover from, acts of terrorism within or 1067 affecting this state. 1068 (b)The state, or any law enforcement agency, county, 1069 municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, or 1070 any agent thereof, which has constitutional or statutory 1071 authority to employ or appoint law enforcement officers, is 1072 eligible to receive funding from the grant program to map 1073 critical infrastructure locations that meet the requirements of 1074 this section. 1075 (2)Grant funds may be used to map critical infrastructure 1076 as defined in s. 812.141, public gathering places, places of 1077 worship, and any other locations for which a map would be deemed 1078 of high value for facilitating an emergency response. 1079 (3)Each map of such locations must be created in an 1080 electronic or digital format and must be provided to all local, 1081 state, and federal responding agencies that request such maps 1082 for use in responding to emergencies. Each map must satisfy all 1083 of the following requirements: 1084 (a)Be compatible with and integrate into the departments 1085 statewide database and be compatible with software platforms 1086 used by local, state, and federal public safety agencies that 1087 provide emergency services to the specific location for which 1088 the data is provided without requiring such agencies to purchase 1089 additional software or requiring a fee to view or access the 1090 data. 1091 (b)Be in a printable format and, if requested, be in a 1092 digital file format that can be integrated into interactive 1093 mobile platforms currently in use. 1094 (c)Be verified for accuracy, which must include a walk 1095 through of a building or grounds. 1096 (d)Be oriented to true north. 1097 (e)Be overlaid on current aerial imagery. 1098 (f)Contain site-specific labeling that matches the 1099 structure of the building, including, but not limited to, room 1100 labels, hallway names, and external door or stairwell numbers 1101 and locations of hazards, critical utility locations, key boxes, 1102 automated external defibrillators, and trauma kits. 1103 (g)Contain site-specific labeling that matches the 1104 grounds, including, but not limited to, parking areas, 1105 surrounding roads, and neighboring properties. 1106 (h)Be overlaid with gridded x and y coordinates. 1107 (4)The department may adopt rules to administer this 1108 section. 1109 Section 23.Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 1110 act and except for this section, which shall take effect July 1, 1111 2025, this act shall take effect October 1, 2025.
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