Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation H0485
Legislation Overview
Title: Return of Weapons and Arms Following an Arrest
Description: Requires weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms taken from person pursuant to arrest that are not seized as evidence or seized & subject to forfeiture to be returned to person within certain timeframe if specified conditions are met; authorizes sheriff or chief of police to develop procedures to ensure timely return of such weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms; prohibits sheriff or chief of police from requiring court order before releasing such weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms; provides exception; removes requirement for order of trial court judge to return pistol or firearm taken following arrest for breach of peace.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Laid on Table
Last Action Date: March 4, 2024
Companion Bill: S1286
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Judiciary Committee;Robert Brackett (R); Webster Barnaby (R); Tom Leek (R); Johanna Lopez (D); Stan McClain (R); Spencer Roach (R); Chase Tramont (R); Keith Truenow (R); Taylor Yarkosky (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 8% (10 of 120)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 4, 2024 | Laid on Table |
| House | Feb 29, 2024 | Added to Second Reading Calendar |
| House | Feb 29, 2024 | Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading |
| House | Feb 26, 2024 | Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024) |
| House | Feb 23, 2024 | Bill referred to House Calendar |
| House | Feb 23, 2024 | Added to Second Reading Calendar |
| House | Feb 22, 2024 | Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) |
| House | Feb 22, 2024 | 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) |
| House | Feb 22, 2024 | CS Filed |
| House | Feb 22, 2024 | Reported out of Judiciary Committee |
| House | Feb 21, 2024 | Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee |
| House | Feb 19, 2024 | Added to Judiciary Committee agenda |
| House | Jan 9, 2024 | 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| House | Dec 6, 2023 | Now in Judiciary Committee |
| House | Dec 6, 2023 | Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Dec 6, 2023 | Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Nov 29, 2023 | Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda |
| House | Nov 22, 2023 | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Nov 22, 2023 | Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Nov 22, 2023 | Referred to Judiciary Committee |
| House | Nov 15, 2023 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 22, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Nov 15, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| House Committee Amendment #344765 | Feb 20, 2024 | 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 |
| House Criminal Justice Subcommittee | 12/6/2023 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House Judiciary Committee | 02/21/2024 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
