FloridaInjunctions for Protection
What it does
Injunctions for Protection; 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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 13Died in MessagesDied
- Feb 19In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Immediately certified
- Feb 19CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Feb 19Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 19Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 17Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- Feb 12Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0Minor
- Feb 9On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 21Now in Fiscal Policy
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 16On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 13CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- 2025
- Nov 20Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- Nov 19Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Nov 18CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Nov 10On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- Oct 6Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Sep 8FiledIntroduced