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FL SB 1228

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Victims of Violence

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Victims of Violence; Citing this act as the “Survivor Safety Act”; creating a rebuttable presumption that persons who use force in accordance with specified provisions against a known abuser act with a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement, in consultation with specified persons, to develop, implement, and mandate an evidence-based, trauma-informed training program for specified persons; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to establish the Survivor Self-Defense Case Review Panel, etc.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Criminal Justice
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • DiCeglieprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-06

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-13

    Introduced

    introduction

  4. 2026-03-13

    Died in Criminal Justice

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1228/ByCategory

Attribution

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