Florida Senate Bill 32
Session 2026
Injunctions for Protection
Active
Passed Senate on Feb 19, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
32
State
Florida
Session
2026
Criminal Justice
grade
Primary
Motion Text
Third Reading
Senate Roll Call Votes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Excused
Yes
Yes
Smith
Yes
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Yes
Summary
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.
Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) (11/17/2025 9:22 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) (11/18/2025 5:03 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) (1/20/2026 11:24 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) (1/21/2026 4:02 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) (2/11/2026 8:31 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) (2/12/2026 1:25 PM)
453182 - Amendment (Delete All) to S 32 Filed
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02/19/2026
House
In Messages
02/19/2026
Senate
Immediately certified
02/19/2026
Senate
CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
02/19/2026
Senate
Read 3rd time
02/19/2026
Senate
Read 2nd time
02/17/2026
Senate
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
02/12/2026
Senate
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
02/12/2026
Senate
Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
02/09/2026
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
01/21/2026
Senate
Now in Fiscal Policy
01/21/2026
Senate
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
01/16/2026
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
01/13/2026
Senate
CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
01/13/2026
Senate
Introduced
11/20/2025
Senate
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
11/19/2025
Senate
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
11/18/2025
Senate
CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
11/10/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building
10/06/2025
Senate
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
09/08/2025
Senate
Filed
Sources
FL Legislature
Open States
Record Created
Sep 16, 2025 8:56:04 AM
Record Updated
Mar 2, 2026 11:24:13 AM