CS/HB 7057 - Corrections

• Expands definition of "critical infrastructure facility" to include state correctional institutions, private correctional facilities, secure detention centers, nonsecure residential facilities, high-risk residential facilities, maximum-risk residential facilities, and county detention facilities for purposes of drone operation restrictions.

• Lowers minimum age requirement for full-time, part-time, and auxiliary correctional officers from 19 years to 18 years of age, while maintaining 19-year minimum for law enforcement officers.

• Incorporates the age requirement change throughout Florida Statutes by reenacting multiple related employment qualification and certification sections for correctional officers and personnel standards.

• Effective date: July 1, 2019.