Florida House Bill 359

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on June 29 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-06-29 - Chapter No. 2026-177
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Authorizes search warrant to be issued to recover deceased body; revises time within which certain search warrants must be returned to court; specifies time period within which search warrant issued for certain devices is considered timely executed; specifies that law enforcement agency may review data or information contained in certain devices after specified periods if devices were timely seized; provides that judge may authorize law enforcement officer applying for search warrant to appear remotely; provides that judge may authorize law enforcement officer applying for search warrant or court order to appear remotely; defines "audio-video communication technology"; authorizes law enforcement agency to obtain search warrant to use drone to conduct search in certain circumstances.

Search Warrants

House Judiciary Committee	Rep. Adam Anderson [R]	Rep. Michael Gottlieb [D]	Rep. Jim Mooney [R]
Rep. Susan Plasencia [R]	Rep. Jason Shoaf [R]	Rep. Kevin Steele [R]

2026-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#30 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#596 (Y: 115 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-03 - House - House Judiciary Committee (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-12-02 - House - House Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-06-29		Chapter No. 2026-177
2026-06-26		Approved by Governor
2026-06-15		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-05	House	Ordered enrolled
2026-03-05	House	In Messages
2026-03-04	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
2026-03-04	Senate	Read 3rd time
2026-03-04	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-03-04	Senate	Substituted for CS/SB 442
2026-03-04	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-03-04	Senate	Withdrawn from Rules
2026-02-26	Senate	Received
2026-02-26	Senate	Referred to Rules
2026-02-25	Senate	In Messages
2026-02-25	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
2026-02-25	House	Read 3rd time
2026-02-25	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-02-25	House	Amendment 213119 adopted
2026-02-25	House	Read 2nd time
2026-02-19	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
2026-02-04	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-04	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2026-02-04	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2026-02-03	House	CS Filed
2026-02-03	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2026-02-03	House	Reported out of Judiciary Committee
2026-02-03	House	Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
2026-01-30	House	PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-12-02	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2025-12-02	House	Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-12-02	House	Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-11-24	House	Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
2025-11-18	House	Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-11-18	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2025-11-18	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-11-05	House	Filed

S442 (Similar To) 2026-03-04 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 359

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
933	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
933	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
933	07		Amended Code	See Bill Text
934	025		Amended Code	See Bill Text
934	50		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/Amendment/213119/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/Analyses/h0359.CRM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/Analyses/h0359a.CRM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/Analyses/h0359b.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/Analyses/h0359z.CRM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/Analyses/h0359z1.CRM.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=75075&IsPCB=0&BillId=82924
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=75884&IsPCB=1&BillId=82924
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/Vote/HouseVote_h00359c1596.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/Vote/SenateVote_h00359e1030.PDF