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WE OPPOSE- updated 5/6/09

Bills Opposed By The FOP

HB 0085 - Relating to Collective Bargaining - Hays
Collective Bargaining: Specifies that certain constitutional officers are deemed legislative bodies with respect to their employees for resolution of collective bargaining impasses. Effective Date: July 1, 2009
12/09/08  HOUSE Filed
12/30/08  HOUSE Referred to Governmental Affairs Policy Committee; Military & Local Affairs Policy Committee; Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council; Government Operations Appropriations Committee; Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care
05/01/09  HOUSE Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Public Comments
Specifies that for resolution of a collective bargaining impasse, the sheriff, tax collector, property appraiser, supervisor of elections, and clerk of the circuit court shall each be deemed to be the legislative body for their respective employees.
SB 0086 - Relating to Criminal Records/Expunction/Sealing - Wilson
Criminal Records/Expunction/Sealing [SPSC]; Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to notify certain specified agencies of the criminal records of a minor which are expunged. Requires the arresting agency, the county, and the department to notify those entities that received the criminal records information. Prohibits certain criminal records from being expunged. Prohibits certain criminal records from being sealed, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
12/02/08  SENATE Filed
12/17/08  SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
SB 0106 - Relating to Racial Profiling/Complaint Against Law Enforcement - Wilson
Racial Profiling/Complaint Against Law Enforcement [SPSC]; Prescribes responses that the Attorney General may take upon the filing of a complaint alleging racial profiling against a law enforcement officer or agency. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
12/02/08  SENATE Filed
12/17/08  SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
Public Comments
If an individual files a complaint against a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency, or both, alleging racial profiling, which is defined by the Department of Law Enforcement as ?unequal treatment of any person, including stopping, questioning, searching, detention, or arrest, solely or primarily on the basis of their racial or ethnic characteristics, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status,? the Attorney General may respond to the complaint by taking one or more of the following steps: (1) Sending a written inquiry to the appropriate law enforcement agency regarding the allegation and requesting a written response or internal investigation, or both, of the alleged incident of racial profiling. (2) Initiating an investigation or policy review of the named law enforcement agency by the Office of the Attorney General. (3) Referring the complaint to the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission for a policy review of the law enforcement agency or to a local prosecutor to conduct a criminal investigation.
***** This bill was amended with our concerns taken care of******
SB 0108 - Relating to Restraints/Use During Juvenile Proceedings - Wilson
Restraints/Use During Juvenile Proceedings [SPSC]; Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint on a child during court proceedings or elsewhere in a courthouse. Provides specified exceptions. Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to comply with the Protective Action Response policy whenever mechanical restraints are used, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
12/02/08  SENATE Filed
12/17/08  SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
Public Comments
Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint, such as handcuffs, chains, irons, or straitjackets, on a child during court proceedings or elsewhere in a courthouse. Provides exceptions. Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to comply with the Protective Action Response policy whenever mechanical restraints are used.
SB 0262 - Relating to Traffic Accidents/Blood Testing - Wise
Traffic Accidents/Blood Testing [CPSC]; Requires a law enforcement officer who has a reasonable suspicion that a person was driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle when it was involved in an accident that may have caused or contributed to the death of a human being to require that the person submit to a blood test to determine the alcoholic content thereof or the presence of specified substances, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
12/03/08   SENATE Filed
12/17/08  SENATE Referred to Transportation; Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
HB 0271 - Relating to Confidential Informants - Nehr
Confidential Informants: Creates "Rachel's Law"; requires law enforcement agency to disclose certain information to persons requested to be informants; requires law enforcement agency to provide opportunity to consult with legal counsel to person requested to serve as informant; requires training for persons involved with recruitment & use of informants; requires agency to adopt policies & procedures to preserve safety of informants, law enforcement personnel, target offenders, & public; requires agency that uses confidential informants to address recruitment, control, & use of informants in its policies & procedures; requires agency to establish policies & procedures to assess suitability of potential informants; requires agency to establish procedures to maintain security of records relating to informants; requires agency to periodically review informant practices; provides that act does not grant any right or entitlement to informant or person who is requested to be informant; provides that any failure to abide by act does not create any additional right enforceable by defendant in criminal proceeding. Effective Date: July 1, 2009
01/08/09  HOUSE Filed
02/06/09  HOUSE Referred to Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee; Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations Committee; Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care
03/13/09  HOUSE On Committee agenda - Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee, 03/17/09, 8:45 am, 404 H
03/17/09  HOUSE Favorable with CS by Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/18/09  HOUSE Committee Substitute (C1) Text Filed
03/20/09  HOUSE Now in Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council
03/25/09  HOUSE On Council agenda - Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council, 03/27/09, 10:15 am, 404 H
03/27/09  HOUSE Favorable with CS by Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; 12 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/30/09  HOUSE Committee Substitute (C2) Text Filed
03/31/09  HOUSE Now in Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations Committee
04/09/09  HOUSE On Committee agenda - Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations Committee, 04/13/09, 12:00 pm, 216 C
04/13/09  HOUSE Favorable by Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations Committee; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays; Now in Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care
04/19/09  HOUSE On Council agenda - Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care, 04/20/09, 10:45 am, 212 K
04/20/09  HOUSE Favorable by Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care; 32 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/21/09  HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading
04/22/09  HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/24/09
04/24/09  HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (043357); Ordered engrossed; Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/27/09  HOUSE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 117 Yeas / 0 Nays); In Senate Messages; Received, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
04/29/09  SENATE Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Substituted for SB 0604; Read Second Time
04/30/09  SENATE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 40 Yeas / 0 Nays); House Ordered enrolled
05/05/09 

----- Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act by 05/21/09)

Public Comments
This bill was amended to our satifaction and now has almost no real impact on investigations
HB 0309 - Relating to Detention by Security Personnel - Taylor (P)
Detention by Security Personnel: Provides for temporary detention of persons by specified licensed security officers or managers under circumstances which reasonably indicate that such persons have committed, are committing, or are about to commit criminal violations; requires prompt notification of law enforcement agencies; provides limits on duration & location of such detention; permits limited searches of persons temporarily detained; revises disciplinary grounds for licensed security personnel to authorize use of force or violence in process of lawful detention & holding of suspect for law enforcement. Effective Date: July 1, 2009
01/13/09  HOUSE Filed
02/06/09  HOUSE Referred to Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy Committee; Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council
05/01/09  HOUSE Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Public Comments
A licensed security officer who also possesses a valid Class "G" license, or a licensed security agency manager who also possess a valid Class "G" license, who is on duty, in uniform, and on the premises of the client, who encounters any person under circumstances which reasonably indicate that such person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a violation of the criminal laws of this state or the criminal ordinances of any municipality or county, may temporarily detain such person for the purpose of ascertaining the identity of the person temporarily detained and the circumstances surrounding the person's activities that led the security officer to believe that the person had committed, was committing, or was about to commit a criminal offense.
(2) Temporary detention by a licensed security officer or security agency manager shall be solely for the purpose of holding a person for law enforcement and any person being temporarily detained shall be immediately given over to the responding law enforcement officer for determination of appropriate disposition. Upon temporarily detaining any person, the licensed security officer or security agency manager shall notify the appropriate law enforcement agency as soon as reasonably possible.
(3) No person shall be temporarily detained under this section after the arrival of a law enforcement officer except upon the authority of such law enforcement officer. Such temporary detention by a licensed security officer or security
agency manager shall not extend beyond the place where it was first effected or the immediate vicinity thereof.(4) No person shall be temporarily detained under the provisions of subsection (2) longer than is reasonably necessary to effect the purposes of that subsection. Such temporary detention shall not extend beyond the place where it was first effected or the immediate vicinity thereof.(5) When a licensed security officer or security agency manager who is authorized to temporarily detain a person under subsection (1) has probable cause to believe that any person whom the security officer has temporarily detained, or is about to temporarily detain, is armed with a dangerous weapon and therefore offers a threat to the safety of the security officer or security agency manager or any other person, the security officer or security agency manager may search such person so temporarily detained, but only to the extent necessary to disclose, and for the purpose of disclosing, the presence of a weapon. If such a search discloses such a weapon or any evidence of a criminal offense, the weapon or evidence may be seized and shall be provided to the responding law enforcement officer.
HB 0407 - Relating to Proceeds of Forfeitures - Carroll
Proceeds of Forfeitures: Increases minimum percentage of such proceeds that must go to non-law enforcement organizations; revises types of organizations that may receive such funds & purposes for which such funds may be expended. Effective Date: July 1, 2009
01/16/09  HOUSE Filed
03/09/09  HOUSE Referred to Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee; Military & Local Affairs Policy Committee; Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations Committee
05/01/09  HOUSE Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
SB 0496 - Relating to Collective Bargaining Impasse/Legislative Body - Oelrich
Collective Bargaining Impasse/Legislative Body [EPSC]; Specifies that the sheriff, the tax collector, the property appraiser, the supervisor of elections, or the clerk of the circuit court is the legislative body for its respective employees for purposes of resolving an impasse. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
12/31/08  SENATE Filed
01/15/09  SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means
Public Comments
Specifies that for resolution of a collective bargaining impasse, the sheriff, tax collector, property appraiser, supervisor of elections, and clerk of the circuit court shall each be deemed to be the legislative body for their respective employees.
SB 0510 - Relating to Injunctions for Protection/Violence - Hill
Injunctions for Protection/Violence [SPSC]; Requires the sheriff or other law enforcement officer who serves injunctions for protection against domestic violence, repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence upon a respondent to notify the petitioner within a specified period that the respondent has been served if the petitioner has requested notification and has registered a telephone number or e-mail address with the sheriff. Provides for the content of the notice. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
12/31/08  SENATE Filed
01/15/09  SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
04/01/09  SENATE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice, 04/06/09, 4:00 pm, 37 S
04/06/09  SENATE Favorable by Criminal Justice; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/07/09 

SENATE Now in Judiciary

SB 0534 - Relating to Defined Contribution Retirement Program - Fasano
Defined Contribution Retirement Program [GPSC]; Changes the name of the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program to the Public Employee Retirement Investment Program. Limits the option of enrolling in the State Retirement System's defined benefit program or defined contribution program to public employees employed before January 1, 2010. Requires public employees employed on or after January 1, 2010, to enroll in the defined contribution program, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
01/06/09  SENATE Filed
01/23/09  SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; General Government Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means
04/08/09  SENATE Pending withdrawal
04/14/09  SENATE Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; General Government Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means; Withdrawn from further consideration
Public Comments
Changes the name of the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program to the Public Employee Retirement Investment Program. Limits the option of enrolling in the State Retirement System's defined benefit program or defined contribution program to public employees employed prior to January 1, 2010. Requires public employees employed on or after such date to enroll in the defined contribution program.
Deletes obsolete provisions relating to the 2002 optional transfer of public employees from the defined benefit program to the defined contribution program. Deletes requirements for an educational program that compares retirement programs. Changes the name of the Public Employees Optional Retirement Program Trust Fund to the Public Employee Retirement Investment Program Trust Fund.
Directs the Division of Statutory Revision to redesignate the title of part II of chapter 121, F.S., as the “Public Employee Retirement Investment Program.”
HB 0561 - Relating to Carrying of Concealed Weapons or Firearms - Dorworth
Carrying of Concealed Weapons or Firearms: Provides that any county court judge, circuit court judge, district court of appeal judge, justice of Supreme Court, federal district court judge, or federal court of appeals judge serving in this state, or such a judge who is retired or on senior status, & in compliance with specified requirements shall be allowed to carry concealed weapon or firearm at any time & into any place or facility in state; provides exceptions. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
01/20/09  HOUSE Filed
02/13/09   HOUSE Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy Committee; Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee; Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee; General Government Policy Council
03/06/09   HOUSE On Committee agenda - Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy Committee, 03/10/09, 8:00 am, 102 H
03/09/09  HOUSE Removed from Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy Committee agenda for 03/10/09, 8:00 am
05/01/09  HOUSE Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
HB 0603 - Relating to Hatch Act - Roberson (K)
Hatch Act: Urges Congress to refrain from applying Hatch Act to members of Florida sheriff's office seeking elected office. Effective Date: Not Specified
01/23/09 HOUSE Filed
02/13/09   HOUSE Referred to Governmental Affairs Policy Committee; Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council; Rules & Calendar Council
05/01/09 HOUSE Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
SB 0604 - Relating to Confidential Informants/Rachael's Law - Fasano
Confidential Informants/Rachael's Law [SPSC]; Creates Rachael's Law. Requires a law enforcement agency that uses confidential informants to disclose certain information to persons who are requested to serve as said informants. Provides that a law enforcement agency must provide a person who is requested to serve as a confidential informant the opportunity to consult with legal counsel. Requires training for persons involved in the recruitment and use of confidential informants, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
01/08/09  SENATE Filed
01/23/09    SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
02/25/09  SENATE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice, 03/04/09, 1:00 pm, 37 S - Workshop
03/04/09  SENATE Workshopped by Criminal Justice
03/13/09  SENATE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice Committee, 03/18/09, 9:00 am, 37 S
03/18/09  SENATE Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Committee; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/19/09 

SENATE Committee Substitute (C1) Text Filed

03/23/09  SENATE Now in Judiciary
04/01/09  SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary Committee, 04/06/09, 4:00 pm, 110 S
04/06/09  SENATE Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/08/09  SENATE Committee Substitute (C2) Text Filed
04/09/09  SENATE Now in Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
04/23/09  SENATE Withdrawn from Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Placed on Calendar, on second reading
04/24/09  SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/28/09
04/28/09  SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/29/09
04/29/09  SENATE Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (524938); Amendment Failed (569344); Substituted for HB 0271; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 0271
Public Comments
This bill has been amended to our satisfacition
SB 0778 - Relating to Paintball Guns & Markers - Siplin
Paintball Guns & Markers [CPSC]; Prohibits a person from carrying a paintball gun or paintball marker in a vehicle on a highway. Provides specified exceptions. Provides that the act does not apply to a commercial paintball field, range, or course when passengers are transported to and from designated player areas. Provides that a violation of the act is a first-degree misdemeanor, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
01/20/09 SENATE Filed
01/23/09   SENATE Referred to Transportation; Commerce; Criminal Justice
SB 0786 - Relating to Juvenile Proceedings - Siplin
Juvenile Proceedings [SPSC]; Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to adopt rules governing the procedures that may be used to restrain a child upon his or her arrival at the courthouse. Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint on a child after the child arrives at the courthouse except in specified circumstances. Prohibits subjecting a child to extended periods of isolation. Conforms a cross-reference. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
01/20/09  SENATE Filed
01/23/09  SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
Public Comments
The department shall adopt by rule procedures for
restraining a child upon his or her arrival at the courthouse.
The rules must prohibit the use of mechanical devices andunreasonable restraints. In addition, a child may not be subject to extended periods of isolation.
(3) Instruments of restraint, such as handcuffs, chains,
irons, or straitjackets, may not be used on a child after his or
her arrival at the courthouse unless the child:
(a) Is likely to attempt to escape during a transfer or a hearing;
(b) Is charged with a capital offense; or
(c) Has a history of disruptive behavior and there is a
likelihood that the child will cause bodily harm to himself,
herself, or others.
HB 0903 - Relating to Workers' Compensation Attorney's Fees - Flores
Workers' Compensation Attorney's Fees: Requires fee, gratuity, or other consideration to be paid to attorney representing claimant as approved by judge of compensation claims or court having jurisdiction in accordance with statutory guidelines; revises amount of attorney's fees that may be paid; clarifies amounts claimant is eligible to recover from carrier or employer. Effective Date: upon becoming law
02/16/09  HOUSE Filed
03/04/09  HOUSE Referred to Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee; General Government Policy Council
03/06/09  HOUSE On Committee agenda - Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee, 03/10/09, 8:00 am, 212 K
03/10/09  HOUSE Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee amended vote from 03/10/09 meeting: Favorable by Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee; 19 Yeas, 2 Nays
03/13/09  HOUSE Now in General Government Policy Council; On Council agenda - General Government Policy Council, 03/17/09, 10:15 am, 17 H
03/17/09  HOUSE Favorable with CS by General Government Policy Council; 14 Yeas, 4 Nays
03/18/09  HOUSE Council Substitute (C1) Text Filed
03/20/09  HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading
03/24/09  HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 03/26/09
03/26/09  HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendment (677495) Failed
03/31/09  HOUSE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 84 Yeas / 35 Nays)
04/15/09  SENATE In Messages
04/30/09  SENATE Received, referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; General Government Appropriations; Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; General Government Appropriations; Substituted for SB 2072; Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (383074); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 39 Yeas / 0 Nays); In House returning messages; Received from Messages; Refused to Concur with Amendment (383074); Requested Senate to Recede; In Senate returning messages
05/01/09  SENATE Received from Messages; Amendments Receded (383074); Passed (Vote: 22 Yeas / 16 Nays); House Ordered enrolled
05/04/09  HOUSE Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
Public Comments
We are still opposed to this legislation and are now working to have the Governor veto the bill. After several battles and the dedicated work of the officers fighting for the amended Senate Bill, Senator Atwater accepted and took the bad language passed by the House of Representatives.
HB 1191-Relating to Claims by Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers - Patterson
Claims by Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers: Provides conditions under which law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or correctional probation officer who suffers from specified medical condition & has materially departed from prescribed treatment for that condition shall lose specified presumption for claims made after specified date; provides for second medical opinions in certain situations; provides that only claims made before leaving employment are eligible for specified presumption. Effective Date: July 1, 2009
02/26/09 HOUSE Filed
03/10/09 HOUSE Referred to Governmental Affairs Policy Committee; Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy Committee; Economic Development & Community Affairs Policy Council
05/01/09 HOUSE Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
SB 1406-Relating to Licensed Security Officers/Detaining Individuals - Crist
Licensed Security Officers/Detaining Individuals [SPSC]; Authorizes certain licensed security officers to detain certain individuals until the arrival of a law enforcement officer. Requires that such security officers notify the appropriate law enforcement agency as quickly as possible. Requires the transfer of an alleged offender to the custody of the officer. Authorizes limited searches of certain persons when a licensed security officer has probable cause to believe that the person is armed, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
02/09/09 SENATE Filed
02/19/09  SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Commerce; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
03/13/09  SENATE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice Committee, 03/18/09, 9:00 am, 37 S
03/18/09  SENATE Not Considered by Criminal Justice Committee
03/20/09  SENATE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice, 03/25/09, 10:15 am, 37 S
03/25/09  SENATE Temporarily postponed by Criminal Justice Committee
03/27/09  SENATE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice, 04/01/09, 1:30 pm, 37 S
04/01/09 SENATE Favorable with 1 Amendment by Criminal Justice; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/06/09  SENATE Now in Commerce
Public Comments
Licensed Security Officers/Detaining Individuals; Authorizes certain licensed security officers to detain certain individuals until the arrival of a law enforcement officer. Requires that such security officers notify the appropriate law enforcement agency as quickly as possible. Requires the transfer of an alleged offender to the custody of the officer. Authorizes limited searches of certain persons when a licensed security officer has probable cause to believe that the person is armed, etc.
Language reads:
who is on duty, in uniform, and on the premises of the
client, who has probable cause to believe that a person has
committed or is committing a crime of which the client or
patrons thereof are or would be victims, may temporarily detain the person for the purpose of ascertaining his or her identity and the circumstances of the activity that is the basis for the temporary detention. The detaining officer may detain the person in a reasonable manner only and only until the responding law enforcement officer arrives at the premises of the client and is in the presence of the detainee.
(2) When temporarily detaining any person, the licensed
security officer or security agency manager shall notify the
appropriate law enforcement agency as soon as reasonably
possible. Temporary detention of a person by a licensed security officer or security agency manager must be done solely for the
purpose of detaining the person prior to the arrival of a law
enforcement officer, and custody of any person being temporarily detained shall be immediately transferred to the responding law enforcement officer for determination of appropriate
disposition.
(3) A person may not be further detained under this section
upon the arrival of a law enforcement officer except under the
authority of the responding law enforcement officer. The
temporary detention by a licensed security officer or security
agency manager may not extend beyond the place where it was
first affected or the immediate vicinity thereof.
(4) A person may not be temporarily detained under
subsection (2) longer than is reasonably necessary to effect the purposes of this section. The temporary detention may not extend
beyond the place where it was first affected or the immediate
vicinity thereof.
(5)(a) If a licensed security officer or security agency
manager who is authorized to temporarily detain any person under subsection (1) has probable cause to believe that any person
whom the security officer has temporarily detained, or is about to temporarily detain, is armed with a firearm, concealed
weapon, or any destructive device that poses a threat to the
safety of the security officer or any person for whom the
security officer is responsible for providing protection, the
security officer or security agency manager may conduct a search of the person and his or her belongings only to the extent
necessary to disclose, and for the purpose of disclosing, the
presence of a weapon. If the search reveals such a weapon, the
weapon may be seized and shall be provided to the responding law enforcement officer.
(b) For the purpose of this subsection, the term “probable
cause” is limited to the observation of the security officer or security agency manager or the admission of the detainee that
the detainee has a weapon in his or her possession.
SB 2072-Relating to Workers' Compensation - Richter
Workers' Compensation [CPSC]; Repeals specified provision relating to the prohibition against a fee, consideration, or gratuity for an attorney or other person for certain services. Requires that a judge of compensation claims enter an order determining the portion of settlement proceeds to be allocated to child support arrearages. Deletes provisions authorizing said judge to approve alternative attorney's fees under certain circumstances, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law.
02/24/09 SENATE Filed
03/05/09  SENATE Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; General Government Appropriations
03/20/09  SENATE On Committee agenda - Banking and Insurance Committee, 03/25/09, 8:00 am, 412 K
03/25/09  SENATE Favorable by Banking and Insurance Committee; 6 Yeas, 3 Nays; Now in Judiciary
03/27/09 

SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 04/01/09, 1:30 pm, 110 S

04/01/09  SENATE Temporarily postponed by Judiciary
04/08/09  SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary Committee, 04/15/09, 3:00 pm, 110 S
04/15/09  SENATE Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee; 8 Yeas, 1 Nay
04/17/09  SENATE Committee Substitute (C1) Text Filed
04/20/09  SENATE Now in General Government Appropriations; On Committee agenda - General Government Appropriations Committee, 04/20/09, 1:30 pm, 401 S; Favorable with CS by General Government Appropriations; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/22/09  SENATE Committee Substitute (C2) Text Filed; Placed on Calendar, on second reading
04/23/09  SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/27/09
04/27/09  SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/28/09
04/28/09  SENATE Read Second Time
04/29/09  SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Third Reading
04/30/09  SENATE Read Third Time; Substituted for HB 0903; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 0903
SB 2406-Relating to Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers/Claims - Oelrich
Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers/Claims; Provides conditions under which a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or correctional probation officer who suffers from a specified medical condition and has materially departed from the prescribed treatment for that condition shall lose a specified presumption for claims made after a specified date. Defines the term "prescribed course of treatment." Provides for second medical opinions in certain situations, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2009.
02/27/09 SENATE Filed
03/12/09 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means

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