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FL SB 524

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Department of Law Enforcement

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Department of Law Enforcement; Authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules relating to the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; specifying the circumstances under which an appointment or reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is considered in force; requiring the commission, rather than the Governor, to appoint district medical examiners for each medical examiner district; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints taken of natural persons who are control persons of a licensee or are applicants for licensure, etc.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 418 (Ch. 2026-147)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Simonprimary
  • Fiscal Policyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-11-17

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-12-01

    Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-05

    On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

  4. 2026-01-12

    Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-01-12

    Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

  6. 2026-01-13

    Introduced

    introduction

  7. 2026-01-16

    On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

  8. 2026-01-21

    Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-01-21

    Now in Fiscal Policy

  10. 2026-02-02

    On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed

  11. 2026-02-19

    On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  12. 2026-02-24

    CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

  13. 2026-02-24

    Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  14. 2026-02-24

    CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time

  15. 2026-02-25

    Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  16. 2026-02-25

    Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26

  17. 2026-02-26

    Retained on Special Order Calendar

  18. 2026-03-04

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2026-03-04

    Amendment(s) adopted (712722)

  20. 2026-03-04

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. 2026-03-04

    CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

    passage

  22. 2026-03-05

    In Messages

  23. 2026-03-10

    Bill referred to House Calendar

  24. 2026-03-10

    Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)

  25. 2026-03-10

    1st Reading (Engrossed 1)

    reading-1

  26. 2026-03-11

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  27. 2026-03-11

    Amendment 222029 adopted

  28. 2026-03-11

    Added to Third Reading Calendar

  29. 2026-03-11

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  30. 2026-03-11

    CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0

    passage

  31. 2026-03-11

    In returning messages

  32. 2026-03-12

    Refused to concur, requested House to recede

  33. 2026-03-12

    In Messages

  34. 2026-03-13

    Added to Senate Message List

  35. 2026-03-13

    Insisted on amendment 222029

  36. 2026-03-13

    Insisted on amendment, and requested the Senate to concur

  37. 2026-03-13

    In returning messages

  38. 2026-03-13

    Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 418 (Ch. 2026-147)

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable

    2026-01-12 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Bernard: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Pizzo: yes
    • Simon: yes
    • Yarborough: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Martin: yes

  • Favorable

    2026-01-21 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Osgood: yes
    • Polsky: yes
    • Simon: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Yarborough: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Garcia: yes

  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-02-24 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (20)
    • Arrington: yes
    • Avila: yes
    • Bernard: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Bracy Davis: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Burton: yes
    • Calatayud: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Leek: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Passidomo: yes
    • Rodriguez: yes
    • Simon: yes
    • Truenow: yes
    • Osgood: yes
    • Yarborough: other
    • Gruters: other

  • Third Reading

    2026-03-04 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Arrington: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Polsky: yes
    • Avila: excused
    • Grall: yes
    • Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Gruters: yes
    • Rouson: yes
    • Bernard: yes
    • Harrell: yes
    • Sharief: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Hooper: yes
    • Simon: yes
    • Bracy Davis: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Leek: yes
    • Truenow: yes
    • Brodeur: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Burgess: yes
    • Massullo: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Burton: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Yarborough: yes
    • Calatayud: yes
    • McClain: yes
    • Albritton: yes
    • Davis: excused
    • Osgood: yes
    • DiCeglie: yes
    • Passidomo: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Pizzo: yes

  • Passage, Third Reading

    2026-03-11 · pass · 111-0

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Abbott: yes
    • Eskamani: yes
    • Oliver: yes
    • Albert: yes
    • Esposito: yes
    • Overdorf: yes
    • Alvarez, D.: yes
    • Fabricio: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Alvarez, J.: yes
    • Franklin: yes
    • Partington: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Gantt: yes
    • Perez: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Garrison: yes
    • Persons-Mulicka: yes
    • Gentry: yes
    • Plakon: yes
    • Aristide: yes
    • Gerwig: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Giallombardo: yes
    • Porras: yes
    • Bankson: yes
    • Gonzalez Pittman: yes
    • Rayner: yes
    • Barnaby: yes
    • Gossett-Seidman: yes
    • Redondo: yes
    • Bartleman: yes
    • Gottlieb: yes
    • Rizo: yes
    • Basabe: yes
    • Greco: yes
    • Robinson, F.: yes
    • Benarroch: yes
    • Griffitts: yes
    • Robinson, W.: yes
    • Berfield: yes
    • Grow: yes
    • Black: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Salzman: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Hart-Lowman: yes
    • Sapp: yes
    • Booth: yes
    • Hinson: yes
    • Shoaf: yes
    • Borrero: yes
    • Hodgers: yes
    • Sirois: yes
    • Botana: yes
    • Holcomb: yes
    • Skidmore: yes
    • Boyles: yes
    • Hunschofsky: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Brackett: yes
    • Jacques: yes
    • Snyder: yes
    • Brannan: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Spencer: yes
    • Buchanan: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Busatta: yes
    • Kendall: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Kincart Jonsson: yes
    • Tant: yes
    • Canady: yes
    • Koster: yes
    • Cassel: yes
    • LaMarca: yes
    • Tomkow: yes
    • Chamberlin: yes
    • Long: yes
    • Chambliss: yes
    • López, J.: yes
    • Tramont: yes
    • Chaney: yes
    • Maggard: yes
    • Tuck: yes
    • Cobb: yes
    • Maney: yes
    • Valdés: yes
    • Conerly: yes
    • McClure: yes
    • Weinberger: yes
    • Cross: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Daley: yes
    • Melo: yes
    • Yarkosky: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Michael: yes
    • Yeager: yes
    • Driskell: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Duggan: yes
    • Mooney: yes
    • Dunkley: yes
    • Nix: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Nixon: yes
    • Antone: not voting
    • Plasencia: not voting
    • Rosenwald: not voting
    • Joseph: not voting
    • Tendrich: not voting
    • Trabulsy: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/524/ByCategory

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