CS/HB 7081 - State Court System Administration

• Requires security background investigations including fingerprinting for applicants seeking certification as foreign language court interpreters and mediators.

• Establishes qualifications and disqualification standards for parenting coordinators, including professional licensing requirements, 3 years of experience, and 24+ hours of specialized training; disqualifies those convicted of domestic violence, child abuse, or with substantiated abuse/neglect findings.

• Provides confidentiality protections for parenting coordination communications with exceptions for abuse/neglect protection, malpractice proceedings, and professional misconduct investigations.

• Authorizes electronic records of judgments in felony, petit theft, and sex offense cases with electronic signatures and digitally captured fingerprints as alternatives to manual records.

• Updates judicial retirement provisions to conform to changes in mandatory retirement age, effective July 1, 2019.