Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation H0491
Legislation Overview
Title: Use of Artificial Intelligence by Governmental Agencies to Detect Concealed Firearms
Description: Prohibits governmental agency or specified contractors from using or contracting with any other entities to use artificial intelligence to detect concealed firearms in public places; provides exceptions; provides remedy.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Last Action Date: May 3, 2025
Companion Bill: S562
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Criminal Justice Subcommittee;Monique Miller (R); David Borrero (R); Johanna Lopez (D); Judson Sapp (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (5 of 120)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 3, 2025 | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| Senate | Apr 25, 2025 | Referred to Rules |
| Senate | Apr 25, 2025 | Received |
| House | Apr 24, 2025 | Read 3rd time |
| House | Apr 24, 2025 | Added to Third Reading Calendar |
| House | Apr 24, 2025 | Read 2nd time |
| House | Apr 24, 2025 | Placed on 3rd reading |
| Senate | Apr 24, 2025 | In Messages |
| House | Apr 24, 2025 | CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1 |
| House | Apr 17, 2025 | Reported out of Judiciary Committee |
| House | Apr 17, 2025 | Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025) |
| House | Apr 17, 2025 | Added to Second Reading Calendar |
| House | Apr 17, 2025 | Bill released to House Calendar |
| House | Apr 17, 2025 | Favorable by Judiciary Committee |
| House | Apr 15, 2025 | Added to Judiciary Committee agenda |
| House | Mar 27, 2025 | Now in Judiciary Committee |
| House | Mar 27, 2025 | Referred to Judiciary Committee |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | CS Filed |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Mar 24, 2025 | PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda |
| House | Mar 4, 2025 | 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| House | Feb 19, 2025 | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Feb 19, 2025 | Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Feb 19, 2025 | Referred to Judiciary Committee |
| House | Feb 19, 2025 | Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee |
| House | Feb 10, 2025 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Mar 26, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Feb 10, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House Criminal Justice Subcommittee | 03/26/2025 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Yes |
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| House Judiciary Committee | 04/17/2025 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| House: Third Reading RCS#239 | 04/24/2025 | 114 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
