Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Practices"
+description: "Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Practices; Requires application for employment or appointment as law enforcement or correctional officer to contain specified disclosures; requires background investigation of applicant to include specified information; requires employing agencies to maintain employment information for minimum period; requires establishment of standards for officer training & policies concerning use of force; requires law enforcement agencies to establish policies for specified use of force investigations; requires investigation to include an independent report; requires report to be submitted to state attorney; requires law enforcement agencies to submit specified data to FDLE; prohibits child younger than certain age from being arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for delinquent act or violation of law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 7051"
+citation: "Florida HB 7051 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2021-241"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-04-15"
+last_action: "2021-07-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/182f1ed8-222b-421b-8bdd-b4101b053047"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7051/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "ec9cf72450e27ffaf12153faabeff7a05e03ad283151e9a9bdf47f20dfb1a3b8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida HB 7051 (2021) — Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Practices
+
+Law Enforcement and Correctional Officer Practices; Requires application for employment or appointment as law enforcement or correctional officer to contain specified disclosures; requires background investigation of applicant to include specified information; requires employing agencies to maintain employment information for minimum period; requires establishment of standards for officer training & policies concerning use of force; requires law enforcement agencies to establish policies for specified use of force investigations; requires investigation to include an independent report; requires report to be submitted to state attorney; requires law enforcement agencies to submit specified data to FDLE; prohibits child younger than certain age from being arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for delinquent act or violation of law.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-241.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 7051 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7051/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 7051 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7051/BillText/e1/PDF)
+3. **H 7051 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7051/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-15** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-04-15** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15** Now in Appropriations Committee
+- **2021-04-15** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
+- **2021-04-15** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
+- **2021-04-16** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-16** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
+- **2021-04-16** Bill released to House Calendar
+- **2021-04-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2021)
+- **2021-04-21** Amendment 962001 filed
+- **2021-04-21** Amendment 463897 filed
+- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-23** Amendment 463897 adopted
+- **2021-04-23** Amendment 962001 adopted
+- **2021-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2021-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26** Passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-26** Message sent to senate
+- **2021-04-26** In Messages
+- **2021-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-26** Received
+- **2021-04-27** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/27/21, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
+- **2021-04-27** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2021-04-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/21
+- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** In Messages
+- **2021-04-29** Ordered enrolled
+- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
+- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-241
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/182f1ed8-222b-421b-8bdd-b4101b053047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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