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FL SB 1544

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Complaints Against Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Complaints Against Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers; Requiring that a copy of a complaint, signed by the complainant under oath, be provided to law enforcement officers and correctional officers who are under investigation before any interrogation begins; providing that complainant names and signatures are not required if a complaint is accompanied by corroborating evidence; prohibiting certain personnel actions from being taken against a law enforcement officer or correctional officer unless such officer receives a copy of the complaint signed by the complainant under oath, etc.

Introduced
2026-01-22
Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pizzoprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-09

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2026-01-16

    Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-22

    Introduced

    introduction

  4. 2026-01-28

    On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

  5. 2026-02-02

    Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 1

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-02-03

    Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

  7. 2026-03-13

    Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable

    2026-02-02 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Bernard: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Pizzo: yes
    • Simon: yes
    • Yarborough: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Smith: no
    • Garcia: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1544/ByCategory

Attribution

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