34 total bills, 18 anti-gun bills,
8 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation
34 total bills, 18 anti-gun bills,
8 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Public Safety
Description: Repeals ss 1-36, ch. 2023-18, LOF, relating to private school requesting sheriff to establish guardian program; revises training program hours required for school employees to be certified as school guardians; authorizes person to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm if he or she is licensed to do so or meets specified requirements; prohibits person who is carrying concealed weapon or concealed firearm without license from carrying such weapon or firearm in specified locations; authorizes nonresident to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm in this state if he or she meets same requirements as resident; requires each law enforcement agency to create & maintain an active assailant response policy; requires Office of Safe Schools to develop behavioral threat management operational process; requires DOE to establish Florida Safe Schools Canine Program.
Last Action: Died, introduction refused
Last Action Date: November 9, 2023
Title: Sales of Ammunition
Description: Requires background checks for sale or transfer of ammunition.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Pub. Rec./Sales of Ammunition
Description: Provides exemption from public records requirements for records containing certain information pertaining to buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of ammunition; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Sale, Transfer, or Storage of Firearms
Description: Revises standard by which adults & minors may be considered criminally negligent in storage of firearm; revises exception to prohibition on storing or leaving loaded firearm within reach or easy access of minor who obtains it & commits specified violation; revises requirements for safe storage of loaded firearm; requires seller or transferor of firearm to provide each purchaser or transferee with specified information.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Possession or Use of a Firearm in a Sensitive Location
Description: Defines "sensitive location"; prohibits possession or use of firearm in sensitive location; provides exceptions.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Sales of Firearms and Ammunition
Description: Prohibits specified businesses from assigning merchant category codes or otherwise classifying merchants of firearms or ammunition separately from general merchandise or sporting goods retailers; prohibits entities involved in processing payment card transactions from assigning to or requiring merchant to use merchant category codes; specifies any agreement or contractual provision to contrary is void; authorizes DACS to investigate violations & bring actions.
Last Action: Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 214 (Ch. 2023-79)
Last Action Date: May 1, 2023
Title: Storage of Firearms in Private Conveyances and Vessels
Description: Prohibits storage of firearms in unoccupied private conveyances & vessels unless done so in specified manner.
Last Action: Withdrawn prior to introduction
Last Action Date: January 20, 2023
Title: Electronic Monitoring of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Offenses Involving Schools or Students
Description: Requires court to consider electronic monitoring & location restrictions as conditions of pretrial release, probation, or community control for persons charged with certain offenses against schools or students.
Last Action: Chapter No. 2023-225
Last Action Date: June 16, 2023
Title: Conditions of Pretrial release
Description: Prohibits defendant from having in his or her care, custody, possession, or control firearm or any ammunition if court so orders as condition of pretrial release.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Public Safety
Description: Authorizes person to carry concealed weapon or firearm if he or she is licensed to do so or meets specified requirements; requires person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license to carry identification & display upon demand by law enforcement; prohibits person who is carrying concealed weapon or firearm without license from carrying such weapon or firearm in specified locations; authorizes nonresident to carry concealed weapon or firearm in this state if he or she meets same requirements as resident; requires Office of Safe Schools to develop behavioral threat management operational process.
Last Action: Chapter No. 2023-18; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7025 (Ch. 2023-19)
Last Action Date: April 3, 2023
Title: Storage of Firearms in Private Conveyances and Vessels
Description: Prohibits storage of firearms in unoccupied private conveyances & vessels unless done in specified manner; requires law enforcement agencies to engage in promotional campaign; directs counties to adopt specified ordinances concerning parental responsibility for gun thefts from conveyances & vessels by their minor children.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines
Description: Prohibits sale, transfer, or possession of assault weapon or large-capacity magazine; requires certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity magazines lawfully possessed before specified date; limits sales or transfers of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines documented by such certificates; provides enhanced penalties for offenses committed with assault weapon or large-capacity magazine.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Juvenile Justice
Description: Permits juvenile with one prior sealing or expunction to obtain court-ordered expunction; provides court may retain post disposition jurisdiction until child reaches age 21 for certain youth on post-commitment probation; revises provisions relating to disposition hearings; provides for tolling of probation period when notice of affidavit of violation is filed until allegation is resolved; revises maximum amount of time juvenile may be committed to juvenile corrections facility; revises age ranges of juveniles who may be committed to such facilities; revises offenses that permit juveniles to be committed to such facilities.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Florida State Guard
Description: Revises provisions relating to FSG creation & authorization; provides number of volunteer personnel; establishes Division of State Guard within DMA; provides head of division is director appointed by Governor; removes provisions establishing authority of department & Adjutant General with respect to FSG; provides additional duties of division & director; revises qualifications for FSG applicants; requires specialized unit within FSG; revises criteria for FSG activation; repeals provisions relating to Florida State Defense Force.
Last Action: Chapter No. 2023-167; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2023-239)
Last Action Date: May 26, 2023
Title: Weapons And Firearms
Description: Requires background checks on all persons involved in firearm sales or other transfers; requires firearm sales or other transfers to be conducted through, & processed by, licensed dealer; revises requirements for safe storage of firearms; revises criminal penalties for violations; requires firearms to be sold by dealers with trigger locks or gun cases; provides exceptions; revises warnings to be posted in gun dealerships; requires certain materials to be given to gun purchasers; prohibits specified acts involving unfinished firearm frames or receivers; prohibits certain activities involving three-dimensional printer or CNC milling machine.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer
Description: Reducing minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm.
Last Action: Died in Rules
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Taxation
Description: Revises provisions related to taxation including tourist tax reimbursement, homestead exemptions, exemptions for religious & educational property, refunds of certain property taxes, discretionary sales surtaxes, taxes on certain loans, surtaxes found to be unconstitutional, exemptions from sales & use taxes, tax on rental & license fees, tax credits for certain systems & equipment & Strong Families tax credits.
Last Action: Chapter No. 2023-157
Last Action Date: May 26, 2023
Title: Sale or Transfer of Ammunition
Description: Citing this act as "Jamie's Law"; requiring background checks for the sale or transfer of ammunition; providing exceptions, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Public Records/Buyer or Transferee of Ammunition
Description: Providing an exemption from public records requirements for records containing certain information pertaining to a buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of ammunition; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for the reversion of specified statutory text unless certain conditions are met; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Public Safety
Description: Requiring sheriffs to assist private schools in complying with a certain statute; authorizing a person to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm if he or she is licensed to do so or meets specified requirements; specifying that the state bears the burden of proof for certain violations; requiring a person who is carrying a concealed weapon or concealed firearm without a license to carry valid identification and display such identification upon demand by a law enforcement officer; providing that a person who is authorized to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm without a license is subject to specified penalties for possessing such weapon or firearm at a school-sponsored event or on school property; requiring the Office of Safe Schools to develop a behavioral threat management operational process by a specified date; authorizing a private school to partner with a law enforcement agency or security agency for specified purposes, etc.
Last Action: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 543 (Ch. 2023-18)
Last Action Date: March 29, 2023
Title: Sale, Transfer, or Storage of Firearms
Description: Revising the standard by which adults and minors may be considered criminally negligent in the storage of a firearm under specified circumstances; redefining the term "minor"; revising requirements for the safe storage of loaded firearms; requiring the seller or transferor of a firearm to provide each purchaser or transferee with specified information; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Sales of Firearms and Ammunition
Description: Prohibiting payment settlement entities, merchant acquiring entities, or third party settlement organizations from assigning merchant category codes or otherwise classifying merchants of firearms or ammunition separately from general merchandise or sporting goods retailers; prohibiting entities involved in facilitating or processing payment card transactions from assigning to or requiring a merchant to use certain merchant category codes; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to investigate certain alleged violations and bring administrative actions, etc.
Last Action: Chapter No. 2023-79
Last Action Date: May 15, 2023
Title: Government and Corporate Activism
Description: Requiring that investment decisions comply with a specified requirement related to the consideration of pecuniary factors; requiring the Department of Management Services to report certain noncompliance to the Attorney General; requiring that certain noncompliance be reported to the Attorney General, who is authorized to bring certain civil or administrative actions; prohibiting bond issuers from issuing environmental, social, and governance bonds and taking other related actions; prohibiting an awarding body from requesting certain documentation or giving preference to vendors based on their social, political, or ideological interests, etc.
Last Action: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 3 (Ch. 2023-28)
Last Action Date: April 18, 2023
Title: Conditions of Pretrial Release
Description: Prohibiting a defendant from having in his or her care, custody, possession, or control a firearm or any ammunition if a court so orders as a condition of pretrial release; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Machine Guns
Description: Revising the definition of the term "machine gun", etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Possession or Use of a Firearm in a Sensitive Location
Description: Prohibiting the possession or use of a firearm in a sensitive location; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines
Description: Prohibiting the sale or transfer of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; requiring certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity magazines lawfully possessed before a specified date; providing conditions for continued possession of such weapons or large-capacity magazines; providing enhanced criminal penalties for certain offenses when committed with an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Electronic Monitoring of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Offenses Involving Schools or Students
Description: Requiring a court to consider electronic monitoring and location restrictions as conditions of pretrial release for persons charged with certain offenses against schools or students; requiring a court to consider electronic monitoring and location restrictions as conditions of probation or community control for persons charged with certain offenses against schools or students, etc.
Last Action: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 329 (Ch. 2023-225)
Last Action Date: May 2, 2023
Title: Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Ammunition, or Electric Weapons or Devices
Description: Revising the circumstances under which it is unlawful for any person to own or to have in his or her care, custody, possession, or control any firearm, ammunition, or electric weapon or device, or to carry a concealed weapon, etc.
Last Action: Died in Judiciary
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Firearms Without a Unique Serial Number or Other Identifying Mark
Description: Specifying requirements for persons manufacturing or assembling a firearm in this state, beginning on a specified date; requiring a person who owns a firearm without an assigned serial number or other identifying mark to comply with certain requirements on or after a specified date; requiring the destruction of certain firearms; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to accept applications from persons and grant unique serial numbers or other identifying marks if certain conditions are met, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Outpatient Mental Health Services
Description: Authorizing a court to order a respondent into outpatient treatment for a specified amount of time under certain circumstances; providing criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment; authorizing a certain court exercising original jurisdiction to order certain respondents into involuntary outpatient services, etc.
Last Action: Died in Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 8, 2024
Title: Firearm Liability Insurance
Description: Defining the terms "purchaser" and "qualified liability insurance policy"; requiring specified purchasers of firearms to be covered by a qualified liability insurance policy; prohibiting a private seller or transferor, licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer from knowingly and willfully selling or delivering a firearm to a purchaser not meeting such requirement; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt a certain form by rule, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Storage of Firearms in Private Conveyances and Vessels
Description: Prohibiting the storage of firearms in unoccupied private conveyances and vessels unless done in a specified manner; providing definitions; requiring local law enforcement agencies to engage in a certain promotional campaign, etc.
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 543 (Ch. 2023-18)
Last Action Date: May 5, 2023
Title: Taxation
Description: Requiring that a referendum to reenact an expiring tourist impact tax be held at a general election; specifying that certain permanently and totally disabled veterans or their surviving spouses are entitled to, rather than may receive, a prorated refund of ad valorem taxes paid under certain circumstances; revising requirements for applying for property tax refunds due to catastrophic events; providing a sales tax exemption for the purchase of certain equipment necessary for the storage of electrical energy; exempting from sales and use tax the retail sale of certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, learning aids and jigsaw puzzles, and personal computers and personal computer-related accessories during specified timeframes; exempting from sales and use tax specified disaster preparedness supplies during a specified timeframe, etc.
Last Action: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7063 (Ch. 2023-157)
Last Action Date: May 4, 2023
