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FL S0134

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/23/2010

Primary Sponsor

Paula Dockery

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows courts to seal a second criminal history record if the person has had only one prior sealing or expunction and has not been arrested during the 5-year period before applying for the certificate.

  • Establishes that a person seeking a second sealing cannot have previously sealed or expunged a criminal history record involving the same offense to which the new petition relates.

  • Requires applicants for second sealing to obtain a certificate of eligibility from the Department of Law Enforcement and comply with all other existing requirements under section 943.059.

  • Maintains existing prohibitions on sealing records for sexual offenses, predicate offenses for sexual predator registration, and other specified serious crimes.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2011, and may be cited as the "Jim King Keep Florida Working Act."

Legislative Description

Sealing Criminal History Records

Last Action

Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

5/7/2011

Committee Referrals

Governmental Oversight and Accountability11/29/2010

Full Bill Text

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