SB 810 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Sealing of Criminal History Records

Summary

Sealing of Criminal History Records; Providing that persons adjudicated guilty of certain misdemeanor offenses are eligible to petition a court to seal the criminal history record of such offenses; revising certain eligibility criteria to provide that a person is eligible to petition the court to seal a criminal history record if such person is no longer serving the sentence to which the petition to seal pertains, etc.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

S 810 Filed → S 810 c1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a filed version to a committee substitute version, incorporating substantive changes to the sealing of criminal history records. The most significant policy change is the expansion of court authority, allowing judges to seal records related to multiple arrests if they stem from the same incident, whereas the previous version limited sealing to a single adjudication. Other changes include minor formatting adjustments to the statute text and a shift in the effective date from July 1, 2026, to January 1, 2026.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding court authority was expanded to permit sealing of multiple related criminal records in a single order, whereas the original text restricted sealing to one adjudication of guilt per order.

ELIGIBILITY

The court's authority to order sealing was modified to allow sealing of records pertaining to more than one adjudication of guilt if those additional adjudications directly relate to the original arrest or incident of criminal activity.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the act was changed from July 1, 2026, to January 1, 2026.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and numbering adjustments were made to the statutory text, such as renumbering subsections and updating the bill header information.

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Committee

Jan 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Jan 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

upper

Dec 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors