---
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).