Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation S0032
Legislation Overview
Title: Injunctions for Protection
Description: 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.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: In Messages
Last Action Date: February 19, 2026
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Criminal Justice;Barbara Sharief (D); Rosalind Osgood (D); Lori Berman (D); Tracie Davis (D); Mackenson Bernard (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 15% (6 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 19, 2026 | In Messages |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2026 | Immediately certified |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2026 | CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2026 | Read 3rd time |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2026 | Read 2nd time |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2026 | Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26 |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2026 | Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2026 | Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading |
| Senate | Feb 9, 2026 | On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building |
| Senate | Jan 21, 2026 | Now in Fiscal Policy |
| Senate | Jan 21, 2026 | Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 |
| Senate | Jan 16, 2026 | On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2026 | CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2026 | Introduced |
| Senate | Nov 20, 2025 | Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| Senate | Nov 19, 2025 | Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| Senate | Nov 18, 2025 | CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 |
| Senate | Nov 10, 2025 | On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building |
| Senate | Oct 6, 2025 | Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy |
| Senate | Sep 8, 2025 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Nov 19, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Sep 8, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Senate Committee Amendment #453182 | Nov 17, 2025 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate Criminal Justice | 11/18/2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice | 01/21/2026 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate Fiscal Policy | 02/12/2026 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 | 02/19/2026 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
