FL S1564

Criminal justice agencies must physically destroy or obliterate criminal history records of expunged civil rights convictions, except the Department of Law Enforcement must retain a copy that remains confidential and exempt from public records law.

Persons with expunged civil rights convictions may lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge the arrest and conviction, except when applying for employment with criminal justice agencies, during criminal prosecution, applying to the Florida Bar, or seeking sensitive positions with child welfare or education agencies.

Persons granted expunction cannot be held liable for perjury or false statements by failing to acknowledge an expunged civil rights conviction record, subject to the exceptions listed above.

Violation of disclosure requirements for expunged civil rights conviction records is a first-degree misdemeanor.

The exemption is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and automatically repeals on October 2, 2017, unless reenacted by the Legislature.