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| Bill | 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. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | HB 7051 | Florida HB 7051 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-241 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 2021-04-15 | 2021-07-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/182f1ed8-222b-421b-8bdd-b4101b053047 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7051/ByCategory | ec9cf72450e27ffaf12153faabeff7a05e03ad283151e9a9bdf47f20dfb1a3b8 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
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; origin ocd-bill/182f1ed8-222b-421b-8bdd-b4101b053047. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).