Florida criminal background checks for advisors and other state-licensed financial professionals would be cut to one to two days from five to seven days if bills passed Tuesday by both houses of the state legislature are signed by the governor.

Office of Financial Regulation spokesperson Tiffany Vause said the time savings will come from changing the fingerprinting from a paper-based to a computer-based system.

With the change, there would be more locations in the state where advisors could have their fingerprints taken.