FL S0032 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Messages
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Messages
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Defining the terms "serious violence by a known person" and "serious bodily injury"; creating a cause of action for an injunction for protection in cases of serious violence by a known person; prohibiting the clerk of the court from assessing a fee for the filing of such injunction for protection; requiring the clerk of the court to electronically transmit copies of specified documents within a certain timeframe after a court issues such injunction for protection; requiring law enforcement officers to accept a certified copy of such injunction for protection from the petitioner and immediately serve it upon a respondent, etc.
Title
Injunctions for Protection
Sponsors
| Senate Criminal Justice Committee | Sen. Barbara Sharief [D] | Sen. Rosalind Osgood [D] | Sen. Lori Berman [D] |
| Sen. Tracie Davis [D] | Sen. Mackenson Bernard [D] |
Roll Calls
2026-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-12 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-01-21 - Senate - Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-18 - Senate - Senate Criminal Justice (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-12 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-01-21 - Senate - Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-11-18 - Senate - Senate Criminal Justice (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | House | Died in Messages |
| 2026-02-19 | House | In Messages |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | Immediately certified |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | Read 3rd time |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | Read 2nd time |
| 2026-02-17 | Senate | Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26 |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 |
| 2026-02-09 | Senate | On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building |
| 2026-01-21 | Senate | Now in Fiscal Policy |
| 2026-01-21 | Senate | Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 |
| 2026-01-16 | Senate | On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 2026-01-13 | Senate | CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time |
| 2026-01-13 | Senate | Introduced |
| 2025-11-20 | Senate | Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| 2025-11-19 | Senate | Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 2025-11-18 | Senate | CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 |
| 2025-11-10 | Senate | On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building |
| 2025-10-06 | Senate | Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy |
| 2025-09-08 | Senate | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
S210 (Related) 2026-03-13 - Died in Messages
H547 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
H549 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
H547 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
H549 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 2221 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 28 | 35 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 394 | 4597 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 394 | 4598 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 44 | 407 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 57 | 105 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 61 | 13 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 61 | 1825 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 61 | 1827 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 741 | 311 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 741 | 313 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 741 | 315 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 784 | 046 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 784 | 047 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 784 | 048 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 790 | 401 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 901 | 15 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 901 | 41 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 921 | 141 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 921 | 1425 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 921 | 1427 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 934 | 03 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 934 | 425 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
