FL S0890 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Revising the elements of the offense of battery by strangulation to delete creating a risk of or causing great bodily harm to another; revising the elements of the offense of domestic battery by strangulation to delete creating a risk of or causing great bodily harm to another; reclassifying the offense of battery by strangulation for the purposes of the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code, etc.
Title
Felony Battery
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-01-20 - Senate - Senate Criminal Justice (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | Senate | Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| 2026-01-21 | Senate | Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 2026-01-20 | Senate | CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 |
| 2026-01-15 | Senate | On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 2026-01-13 | Senate | Introduced |
| 2025-12-16 | Senate | Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy |
| 2025-12-12 | Senate | Filed |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 784 | 031 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 784 | 041 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 921 | 0022 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
