Florida Criminal Justice Labor Reform

Darwyyn Deyo

Research Fellow

Knee Regulatory Research Center at West Virginia University

February 26, 2024

Knee Center’s research fellow and criminal justice and regulation expert, Dr. Darwyyn Deyo, submitted testimony on Florida’s bill SB-1012. This bill “prohibits the denial of a license, permit, or certification because of an arrest for a crime not followed by a conviction; authorizing a state agency to defer a decision on an application for a license, permit, or certification pending the resolution of criminal charges against the applicant; providing the circumstances and mitigating factors that an agency must consider to determine whether granting a license, permit, or certification to a person would pose a direct and substantial risk to public safety; requiring a state agency to provide an applicant with a certain written notification to deny his or her application for a license, permit, or certification on the basis of a prior conviction, etc.”

This bill did not make it through the Florida Senate Committee on Fiscal Policy.

Read more about SB-1012 at: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1012/ByVersion

Find the bill here: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1012/BillText/c2/PDF