Bill Text: FL S0070 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Criminal History Records of Minors

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 386 (Ch. 2016-42) [S0070 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S0070-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                                      SB 70
       
       
        
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       
       19-00031A-16                                            201670__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to criminal history records of minors;
    3         amending s. 943.0515, F.S.; reducing the period for
    4         which the criminal history records of certain minors
    5         must be retained before expunction; providing an
    6         effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 943.0515, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         943.0515 Retention of criminal history records of minors.—
   13         (1)(a) The Criminal Justice Information Program shall
   14  retain the criminal history record of a minor who is classified
   15  as a serious or habitual juvenile offender or committed to a
   16  juvenile correctional facility or juvenile prison under chapter
   17  985 until the later of the minor’s 18th birthday or the first
   18  day the minor is no longer in custody or under the supervision
   19  of the department for 5 years after the date the offender
   20  reaches 21 years of age, at which time the record shall be
   21  expunged unless it meets the criteria of paragraph (2)(a) or
   22  paragraph (2)(b).
   23         (b) If the minor is not classified as a serious or habitual
   24  juvenile offender or committed to a juvenile correctional
   25  facility or juvenile prison under chapter 985, the program shall
   26  retain the minor’s criminal history record until the later of
   27  the minor’s 18th birthday or the first day the minor is no
   28  longer in custody or under the supervision of the department for
   29  5 years after the date the minor reaches 19 years of age, at
   30  which time the record shall be expunged unless it meets the
   31  criteria of paragraph (2)(a) or paragraph (2)(b).
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.