Bill Sponsor
Florida Senate Bill 418
Session 2026
Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Active
Active
Passed Senate on Feb 19, 2026
First Action
Nov 6, 2025
Latest Action
Feb 19, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
418
State
Florida
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Unknown
Smith
Cosponsor
Summary
Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to establish a program to improve communication between individuals with autism spectrum disorder and law enforcement officers under certain circumstances; requiring the department to develop and make available to individuals with autism spectrum disorder a certain envelope by a specified date; defining the terms “agency” and “autism spectrum disorder”; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement to establish an employment training component relating to individuals with autism spectrum disorder, etc.
Documents (6)
Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) (1/23/2026 3:16 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) (1/26/2026 6:38 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) (2/3/2026 9:41 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) (2/4/2026 5:14 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) (2/11/2026 8:34 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) (2/12/2026 1:26 PM)
Actions (18)
02/19/2026
House
In Messages
02/19/2026
Senate
Immediately certified
02/19/2026
Senate
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
02/04/2026
Senate
Now in Fiscal Policy
02/04/2026
Senate
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
01/30/2026
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 37 Senate Building
01/27/2026
Senate
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
01/26/2026
Senate
Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
01/21/2026
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
01/13/2026
Senate
Introduced
11/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
11/06/2025
Senate
Filed
Sources
Record Created
Dec 8, 2025 9:30:01 AM
Record Updated
Mar 2, 2026 11:24:18 AM