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Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation S1444

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Legislation Overview

Title: Criminal Justice

Description: Prohibiting the use of motor vehicle kill switches; providing exceptions; providing a minimum mandatory sentence for attempted murder of specified justice system personnel; providing correctional probation officers with the same firearms rights as law enforcement officers; prohibiting a person from depriving certain officers of digital recording devices or restraint devices, etc.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time

Last Action Date: April 3, 2025

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Criminal Justice;Jay Collins (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 3, 2025 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate Apr 3, 2025 CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
Senate Apr 3, 2025 Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Senate Apr 1, 2025 CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
Senate Mar 27, 2025 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
Senate Mar 10, 2025 Introduced
Senate Mar 6, 2025 Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
Senate Feb 26, 2025 Filed
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Comm Sub Apr 3, 2025 state link bill text
Introduced Feb 26, 2025 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #668982 Mar 31, 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
04/1/2025 9 0 0 0 Yes
  • Bernard, Mackenson (D) Yea
  • Bradley, Jennifer (R) Yea
  • Garcia, Ileana (R) Yea
  • Gruters, Joe (R) Yea
  • Martin, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Pizzo, Jason (D) Yea
  • Simon, Corey (R) Yea
  • Smith, Carlos (D) Yea
  • Yarborough, Clay (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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