SB 490 — Concealed Carry Licensing Requirements for Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Officers, Correctional Probation Officers, and Military Servicemembers

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 490 By Senatorthe CollinsCommittee 14-00882-25on 2025490__Criminal AJustice; bill to be entitled An act relating to concealed carry licensing requirements for law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and military servicemembers;

and Senator Collins 591-02124-25 2025490c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to concealed carry licensing requirements for law enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and military servicemembers;

790.051,790.052, F.S.;

providingspecifying that law enforcement officers, correctional officers,probation andofficers militaryhave servicemembersthe areright considered to becarry inconcealed compliancefirearms, withduring concealedoff-duty weaponshours, andat concealedthe firearmsdiscretion licensingof requirementstheir withsuperior validofficers; identification;

authorizing correctional probation officers to perform certain law enforcement functions under limited circumstances;

revising the definition of the terms “qualified law enforcement officer” and “qualified retired law enforcement officer”;

specifying that if the superior officer of the Department of Corrections decides to direct the officers under his or her supervision to carry concealed firearms while off duty, he or she must file a certain statement with the governing body of the department;

amending s.

790.0655, F.S.;

revising the exceptions to the required 3-day waiting period between purchase and delivery of a firearm;

defining the term “holder of a concealed weapons or concealed firearms license”;

Section 790.051,790.052, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

790.051790.052 ExemptionCarrying fromconcealed Licensingfirearms; requirements for;

off-duty law enforcementPage officers,1 correctional officers, and military servicemembers.— (1) Law enforcement officers are exempt from the licensing and penal provisions of this5 chapterCODING: when acting at any time within the scope or course of their official duties or when acting at any time in the line of or performance of duty.

(2) A law enforcement officer as defined in s.

943.10(1), a correctional officer as defined in s.

943.10(2), or a servicemember of the United States Armed Forces as defined in s.

250.01 satisfies the requirements of s.

790.06(2) and is considered to be licensed to carry concealed weapons or concealed firearms for the purposes of this chapter with valid employer-issued identification indicating that he or she is such Page 1 of 2 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 490 14-00882-25591-02124-25 2025490__2025490c1 anenforcement officerofficers.— (1)(a) All persons holding active certifications from the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission as law enforcement officers, or servicemember.correctional officers, or correctional probation officers as defined in s.

943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9) shall have the right to carry, on or about their persons, concealed firearms, during off-duty hours, at the discretion of their superior officers, and may perform those law enforcement functions that they normally perform during duty hours, utilizing their weapons in a manner which is reasonably expected of on-duty officers in similar situations.

(b) All persons holding an active certification from the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission as a law enforcement officer, or a correctional officer, or a correctional probation officer as defined in s.

943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9) meet the definition of “qualified law enforcement officer” in 18 U.S.C.

s.

926B(c).

(c) All persons who held an active certification from the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission as a law enforcement officer, or correctional officer, or correctional probation officer as defined in s.

943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9), while working for an employing agency, as defined in s.

943.10(4), but have separated from service under the conditions set forth in 18 U.S.C.

s.

926C(c), meet the definition of “qualified retired law enforcement officer.” (d) This section does not limit the right of a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or correctional probation officer to carry a concealed firearm off duty as a private citizen under the exemption provided in s.

790.06 that Page 2 of 5 CODING:

Words stricken are deletions;

words underlined are additions.

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 490 591-02124-25 2025490c1 allows a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or correctional probation officer as defined in s.

943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9) to carry a concealed firearm without a concealed weapon or concealed firearm license or as otherwise provided by law.

The appointing or employing agency or department of an officer carrying a concealed firearm as a private citizen is not liable for the use of the firearm in such capacity.

This section does not limit the authority of the appointing or employing agency or department from establishing policies limiting law enforcement officers or correctional officers from carrying concealed firearms during off-duty hours in their capacity as appointees or employees of the agency or department.

(2) The superior officer of any police department, any or sheriff’s office, or the Florida Highway Patrol, or the Department of Corrections, if he or she elects to direct the officers under his or her supervision to carry concealed firearms while off duty, shall file a statement with the governing body of such department of his or her instructions and requirements relating to the carrying of said firearms.

Section 790.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

790.0655 Purchase and delivery of firearms;