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H 17

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H 17, “Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel”, was introduced in the House on Sep 15, 2025 by Rep. Criminal Justice Subcommittee with 39 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Mar 11, 2026: Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 156.


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H 17 has 39 co-sponsors and 2 roll calls.

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A bill to be entitled
An act relating to criminal offenses against law
enforcement officers and other personnel; providing a
short title; amending s. 776.051, F.S.; revising a
prohibition on the use or threatened use of force to
resist arrest or detention; defining the term "acting
in good faith"; amending s. 782.065, F.S.; providing
for enhanced punishment for manslaughter when
committed against specified officers; revising
applicability; amending s. 784.07, F.S.; revising the
definition of the term "law enforcement officer";
revising provisions concerning assault or battery upon
specified officers and other personnel; amending s.
843.01, F.S.; revising a provision concerning
resisting, obstructing, or opposing specified officers
or legally authorized persons; amending s. 921.0022,
F.S.; increasing the level on the offense severity
ranking chart for committing battery on law
enforcement officers and other specified personnel;
providing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Officer Jason
Raynor Act."
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Section 2. Section 776.051, Florida Statutes, is amended
to read:
776.051 Use or threatened use of force in resisting arrest
or detention making an arrest or in the execution of a legal
duty; prohibition.—
(1) A person is not justified in the use or threatened use
of force to resist any an arrest or detention by a law
enforcement officer, or to resist a law enforcement officer who
is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties as
described in s. 943.10(1) execution of a legal duty, if the law
enforcement officer was acting in good faith and he or she is
known, or reasonably appears, to be a law enforcement officer.
As used in this section, the term "acting in good faith" means
to make sincere and reasonable efforts to comply with legal
requirements, even if the arrest, detention, or other act is
later found to have been unlawful.
(2) A law enforcement officer, or any person whom the
officer has summoned or directed to assist him or her, is not
justified in the use of force if the arrest or execution of a
legal duty is unlawful and known by him or her to be unlawful.
Section 3. Section 782.065, Florida Statutes, is amended
to read:
782.065 Murder; law enforcement officer, correctional
officer, correctional probation officer.—Notwithstanding ss.
775.082, 775.0823, 782.04, 782.051, and chapter 921, a defendant
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must shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility
for release upon findings by the trier of fact that, beyond a
reasonable doubt:
(1) The defendant committed murder in the first degree in
violation of s. 782.04(1) and a death sentence was not imposed;
murder in the second or third degree in violation of s.
782.04(2), (3), or (4); attempted murder in the first or second
degree in violation of s. 782.04(1)(a)1. or (2); or attempted
felony murder in violation of s. 782.051; or manslaughter in
violation of s. 782.07(1); and
(2) The victim of any offense described in subsection (1)
was a law enforcement officer, part-time law enforcement
officer, auxiliary law enforcement officer, correctional
officer, part-time correctional officer, auxiliary correctional
officer, correctional probation officer, part-time correctional
probation officer, or auxiliary correctional probation officer,
as those terms are defined in s. 943.10, who was engaged in the
performance of his or her official duties as described in s.
943.10 lawful performance of a legal duty.
Section 4. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and subsection
(2) of section 784.07, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
784.07 Assault or battery of law enforcement officers and
other specified personnel; reclassification of offenses; minimum
sentences.—
(1) As used in this section, the term:
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(e) "Law enforcement officer" includes a law enforcement
officer, a correctional officer, a correctional probation
officer, a part-time law enforcement officer, a part-time
correctional officer, an auxiliary law enforcement officer, and
an auxiliary correctional officer, as those terms are
respectively defined in s. 943.10, and any county probation
officer; an employee or agent of the Department of Corrections
who supervises or provides services to inmates; an officer of
the Florida Commission on Offender Review; a federal law
enforcement officer as defined in s. 901.1505; and law
enforcement personnel of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the
Department of Law Enforcement. The duties and responsibilities
of these respective positions are described in s. 943.10.
(2) Whenever any person is charged with knowingly
committing an assault or battery upon a law enforcement officer,
a firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, hospital
personnel, a railroad special officer, a traffic accident
investigation officer as described in s. 316.640, a nonsworn law
enforcement agency employee who is certified as an agency
inspector, a blood alcohol analyst, or a breath test operator
while such employee is in uniform and engaged in processing,
testing, evaluating, analyzing, or transporting a person who is
detained or under arrest for DUI, a law enforcement explorer, a
traffic infraction enforcement officer as described in s.
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316.640, a parking enforcement specialist as defined in s.
316.640, a person licensed as a security officer as defined in
s. 493.6101 and wearing a uniform that bears at least one patch
or emblem that is visible at all times that clearly identifies
the employing agency and that clearly identifies the person as a
licensed security officer, a security officer employed by the
board of trustees of a community college, or a utility worker
engaged in work on critical infrastructure as defined in s.
812.141(1), while the officer, firefighter, emergency medical
care provider, hospital personnel, railroad special officer,
traffic accident investigation officer, traffic infraction
enforcement officer, inspector, analyst, operator, law
enforcement explorer, parking enforcement specialist, public
transit employee or agent, security officer, or utility worker
is engaged in the lawful performance of his or her official
duties, the offense for which the person is charged shall be
reclassified as follows:
(a) In the case of assault, from a misdemeanor of the
second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(b) In the case of battery, from a misdemeanor of the
first degree to a felony of the third degree. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, a person convicted of battery upon a
law enforcement officer committed in furtherance of a riot or an
aggravated riot prohibited under s. 870.01 shall be sentenced to
a minimum term of imprisonment of 6 months.
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(c) In the case of aggravated assault, from a felony of
the third degree to a felony of the second degree.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person convicted
of aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer shall be
sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 3 years.
(d) In the case of aggravated battery, from a felony of
the second degree to a felony of the first degree.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person convicted
of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer shall be
sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 5 years.
Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 843.01, Florida
Statutes, is amended to read:
843.01 Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or
doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or
police horse.—
(1) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or
opposes any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6),
(7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender
Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the
commission; parole and probation supervisor; county probation
officer; personnel or representative of the Department of Law
Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execute
process in the execution of legal process or engaged in the
performance of his or her official duties as described in s.
943.10 lawful execution of any legal duty, by offering or doing
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violence to the person of such officer or legally authorized
person, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as
provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
Section 6. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (3) of
section 921.0022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity
ranking chart.—
(3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
(d) LEVEL 4
Florida Felony
Statute Degree Description
3rd Unqualified noncitizen electors
voting; aiding or soliciting
noncitizen electors in voting.
499.0051(1) 3rd Failure to maintain or deliver
transaction history,
transaction information, or
transaction statements.
499.0051(5) 2nd Knowing sale or delivery, or
possession with intent to sell,
contraband prescription drugs.
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517.07(1) 3rd Failure to register securities.
517.12(1) 3rd Failure of dealer or associated
person of a dealer of
securities to register.
3rd Battery by strangulation.
784.07(2)(b) 3rd Battery of law enforcement
officer, firefighter, etc.
784.074(1)(c) 3rd Battery of sexually violent
predators facility staff.
3rd Battery on detention or
commitment facility staff.
3rd Battery of facility employee by
throwing, tossing, or expelling
certain fluids or materials.
784.08(2)(c) 3rd Battery on a person 65 years of
age or older.
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784.081(3) 3rd Battery on specified official
or employee.
784.082(3) 3rd Battery by detained person on
visitor or other detainee.
784.083(3) 3rd Battery on code inspector.
3rd Battery of child by throwing,
tossing, projecting, or
expelling certain fluids or
materials.
787.03(1) 3rd Interference with custody;
wrongly takes minor from
appointed guardian.
787.04(2) 3rd Take, entice, or remove child
beyond state limits with
criminal intent pending custody
proceedings.
787.04(3) 3rd Carrying child beyond state
lines with criminal intent to
avoid producing child at
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custody hearing or delivering
to designated person.
3rd Human smuggling.
790.115(1) 3rd Exhibiting firearm or weapon
within 1,000 feet of a school.
790.115(2)(b) 3rd Possessing electric weapon or
device, destructive device, or
other weapon on school
property.
790.115(2)(c) 3rd Possessing firearm on school
property.
794.051(1) 3rd Indecent, lewd, or lascivious
touching of certain minors.
800.04(7)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition;
offender less than 18 years.
2nd Destroying or demolishing a
memorial or historic property.
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810.02(4)(a) 3rd Burglary, or attempted
burglary, of an unoccupied
structure; unarmed; no assault
or battery.
810.02(4)(b) 3rd Burglary, or attempted
burglary, of an unoccupied
conveyance; unarmed; no assault
or battery.
3rd Burglary; possession of tools.
810.08(2)(c) 3rd Trespass on property, armed
with firearm or dangerous
weapon.
810.145(3)(b) 3rd Digital voyeurism
dissemination.
812.014(2)(c)3. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree $10,000
or more but less than $20,000.
3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree;
(2)(c)4. & specified items.
6.-10.
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812.014(2)(d)2. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree; $750
or more taken from dwelling or
its unenclosed curtilage.
812.014(2)(e)3. 3rd Petit theft, 1st degree; less
than $40 taken from dwelling or
its unenclosed curtilage with
two or more prior theft
convictions.
812.0195(2) 3rd Dealing in stolen property by
use of the Internet; property
stolen $300 or more.
817.505(4)(a) 3rd Patient brokering.
817.563(1) 3rd Sell or deliver substance other
than controlled substance
agreed upon, excluding s.
893.03(5) drugs.
817.568(2)(a) 3rd Fraudulent use of personal
identification information.
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817.5695(3)(c) 3rd Exploitation of person 65 years
of age or older, value less
than $10,000.
817.625(2)(a) 3rd Fraudulent use of scanning
device, skimming device, or
reencoder.
817.625(2)(c) 3rd Possess, sell, or deliver
skimming device.
828.125(1) 2nd Kill, maim, or cause great
bodily harm or permanent
breeding disability to any
registered horse or cattle.
836.14(2) 3rd Person who commits theft of a
sexually explicit image with
intent to promote it.
836.14(3) 3rd Person who willfully possesses
a sexually explicit image with
certain knowledge, intent, and
purpose.
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837.02(1) 3rd Perjury in official
proceedings.
837.021(1) 3rd Make contradictory statements
in official proceedings.
3rd Official misconduct.
839.13(2)(a) 3rd Falsifying records of an
individual in the care and
custody of a state agency.
839.13(2)(c) 3rd Falsifying records of the
Department of Children and
Families.
3rd Possession of a concealed
handcuff key by a person in
custody.
3rd Deprive law enforcement,
correctional, or correctional
probation officer of means of
protection or communication.
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843.15(1)(a) 3rd Failure to appear while on bail
for felony (bond estreature or
bond jumping).
843.19(2) 2nd Injure, disable, or kill
police, fire, or SAR canine or
police horse.
847.0135(5)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition
using computer; offender less
than 18 years.
870.01(3) 2nd Aggravated rioting.
870.01(5) 2nd Aggravated inciting a riot.
874.05(1)(a) 3rd Encouraging or recruiting
another to join a criminal
gang.
893.13(2)(a)1. 2nd Purchase of cocaine (or other
s. 893.03(1)(a), (b), or (d),
(2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs).
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914.14(2) 3rd Witnesses accepting bribes.
914.22(1) 3rd Force, threaten, etc., witness,
victim, or informant.
914.23(2) 3rd Retaliation against a witness,
victim, or informant, no bodily
injury.
916.1085 3rd Introduction of specified
(2)(c)1. contraband into certain DCF
facilities.
3rd Use of two-way communications
device to facilitate commission
of a crime.
944.47(1)(a)6. 3rd Introduction of contraband
(cellular telephone or other
portable communication device)
into correctional institution.
951.22(1)(h), 3rd Intoxicating drug,
(j) & (k) instrumentality or other device
to aid escape, or cellular
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telephone or other portable
communication device introduced
into county detention facility.
(e) LEVEL 5
Florida Felony
Statute Degree Description
316.027(2)(a) 3rd Accidents involving personal
injuries other than serious
bodily injury, failure to stop;
leaving scene.
316.1935(3)(a) 2nd Driving at high speed or with
wanton disregard for safety
while fleeing or attempting to
elude law enforcement officer
who is in a patrol vehicle with
siren and lights activated.
316.80(2) 2nd Unlawful conveyance of fuel;
obtaining fuel fraudulently.
322.34(6) 3rd Careless operation of motor
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vehicle with suspended license,
resulting in death or serious
bodily injury.
327.30(5)(a)2. 3rd Vessel accidents involving
personal injuries other than
serious bodily injury; leaving
scene.
2nd Misuse of emergency
(14)(b)2. communications system resulting
in death.
379.365(2)(c)1. 3rd Violation of rules relating to:
willful molestation of stone
crab traps, lines, or buoys;
illegal bartering, trading, or
sale, conspiring or aiding in
such barter, trade, or sale, or
supplying, agreeing to supply,
aiding in supplying, or giving
away stone crab trap tags or
certificates; making, altering,
forging, counterfeiting, or
reproducing stone crab trap
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tags; possession of forged,
counterfeit, or imitation stone
crab trap tags; and engaging in
the commercial harvest of stone
crabs while license is
suspended or revoked.
379.367(4) 3rd Willful molestation of a
commercial harvester's spiny
lobster trap, line, or buoy.
379.407(5)(b)3. 3rd Possession of 100 or more
undersized spiny lobsters.
381.0041(11)(b) 3rd Donate blood, plasma, or organs
knowing HIV positive.
440.10(1)(g) 2nd Failure to obtain workers'
compensation coverage.
440.105(5) 2nd Unlawful solicitation for the
purpose of making workers'
compensation claims.
440.381(2) 3rd Submission of false,
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misleading, or incomplete
information with the purpose of
avoiding or reducing workers'
compensation premiums.
624.401(4)(b)2. 2nd Transacting insurance without a
certificate or authority;
premium collected $20,000 or
more but less than $100,000.
626.902(1)(c) 2nd Representing an unauthorized
insurer; repeat offender.
784.07(2)(b) 3rd Battery of law enforcement
officer, firefighter, etc.
790.01(3) 3rd Unlawful carrying of a
concealed firearm.
2nd Threat to throw or discharge
destructive device.
790.163(1) 2nd False report of bomb,
explosive, weapon of mass
destruction, or use of firearms
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in violent manner.
790.221(1) 2nd Possession of short-barreled
shotgun or machine gun.
2nd Felons in possession of
firearms, ammunition, or
electronic weapons or devices.
796.05(1) 2nd Live on earnings of a
prostitute; 1st offense.
800.04(6)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious conduct;
offender less than 18 years of
age.
800.04(7)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition;
offender 18 years of age or
older.
806.111(1) 3rd Possess, manufacture, or
dispense fire bomb with intent
to damage any structure or
property.
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810.145(4) 3rd Commercial digital voyeurism
dissemination.
810.145(7)(a) 2nd Digital voyeurism; 2nd or
subsequent offense.
810.145(8)(a) 2nd Digital voyeurism; certain
minor victims.
812.014(2)(d)3. 2nd Grand theft, 2nd degree; theft
from 20 or more dwellings or
their unenclosed curtilage, or
any combination.
812.0145(2)(b) 2nd Theft from person 65 years of
age or older; $10,000 or more
but less than $50,000.
3rd Retail theft; property stolen
(8)(a) & (c)- is valued at $750 or more and
(e) one or more specified acts.
812.015(8)(f) 3rd Retail theft; multiple thefts
within specified period.
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812.015(8)(g) 3rd Retail theft; committed with
specified number of other
persons.
812.019(1) 2nd Stolen property; dealing in or
trafficking in.
812.081(3) 2nd Trafficking in trade secrets.
812.131(2)(b) 3rd Robbery by sudden snatching.
812.16(2) 3rd Owning, operating, or
conducting a chop shop.
817.034(4)(a)2. 2nd Communications fraud, value
$20,000 to $50,000.
817.234(11)(b) 2nd Insurance fraud; property value
$20,000 or more but less than
$100,000.
817.2341(1), 3rd Filing false financial
(2)(a) & statements, making false
(3)(a) entries of material fact or
false statements regarding
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property values relating to the
solvency of an insuring entity.
817.568(2)(b) 2nd Fraudulent use of personal
identification information;
value of benefit, services
received, payment avoided, or
amount of injury or fraud,
$5,000 or more or use of
personal identification
information of 10 or more
persons.
817.611(2)(a) 2nd Traffic in or possess 5 to 14
counterfeit credit cards or
related documents.
817.625(2)(b) 2nd Second or subsequent fraudulent
use of scanning device,
skimming device, or reencoder.
825.1025(4) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition
in the presence of an elderly
person or disabled adult.
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828.12(2) 3rd Tortures any animal with intent
to inflict intense pain,
serious physical injury, or
death.
836.14(4) 2nd Person who willfully promotes
for financial gain a sexually
explicit image of an
identifiable person without
consent.
839.13(2)(b) 2nd Falsifying records of an
individual in the care and
custody of a state agency
involving great bodily harm or
death.
843.01(1) 3rd Resist officer with violence to
person; resist arrest with
violence.
847.0135(5)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition
using computer; offender 18
years or older.
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847.0137 3rd Transmission of pornography by
(2) & (3) electronic device or equipment.
847.0138 3rd Transmission of material
(2) & (3) harmful to minors to a minor by
electronic device or equipment.
874.05(1)(b) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting
another to join a criminal
gang; second or subsequent
offense.
874.05(2)(a) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting
person under 13 years of age to
join a criminal gang.
893.13(1)(a)1. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cocaine (or other s.
893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
(2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs).
893.13(1)(c)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cannabis (or other s.
893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
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(2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
(2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
(2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs)
within 1,000 feet of a child
care facility, school, or
state, county, or municipal
park or publicly owned
recreational facility or
community center.
893.13(1)(d)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cocaine (or other s.
893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
(2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs) within 1,000 feet of
university.
893.13(1)(e)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cannabis or other drug
prohibited under s.
893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
(2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
(2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
(2)(c)10., (3), or (4) within
1,000 feet of property used for
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religious services or a
specified business site.
893.13(1)(f)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cocaine (or other s.
893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
or (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs) within 1,000 feet of
public housing facility.
893.13(4)(b) 2nd Use or hire of minor; deliver
to minor other controlled
substance.
893.1351(1) 3rd Ownership, lease, or rental for
trafficking in or manufacturing
of controlled substance.
Section 7. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026.
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Revises prohibition on use or threatened use of force to resist arrest or detention; provides for enhanced punishment for manslaughter when committed against specified officers; revises provisions concerning assault or battery upon specified officers & other personnel; revises provision concerning resisting, obstructing, or opposing specified officers or legally authorized persons; increases level on offense severity ranking chart for committing battery on law enforcement officers & other specified personnel.

Sponsors

Rep. Criminal Justice Subcommittee sponsors H 17, and 39 members have co-sponsored it.

Committees

H 17 went before 2 committees: Criminal Justice Subcommittee and Judiciary.

Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Referred to · Oct 1, 2025
Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred to · Nov 7, 2025

History

H 17 has taken 19 actions since Sep 15, 2025, the latest on Mar 11, 2026.

ChamberAction
Mar 11, 2026
House
Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 156
Jan 22, 2026
House
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
Jan 22, 2026
House
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
Jan 22, 2026
House
Bill released to House Calendar
Jan 22, 2026
House
Added to Second Reading Calendar

Votes

H 17 went to 2 roll calls in the House, the latest on Jan 22, 2026 at 201.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
Jan 22, 2026
House
House Judiciary Committee
20
1
Nov 5, 2025
House
House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
16
0

Source: flsenate.gov · legiscan.com