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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 234: Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 234 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel. Primary sponsor: Tom Leek (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in returning Messages.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel; Citing this act as the “Officer Jason Raynor Act”; revising a prohibition on the use or threatened use of force to resist arrest or detention; defining the term “acting in good faith”; providing for enhanced punishment for manslaughter when committed against specified officers; revising provisions concerning assault or battery upon specified officers and other personnel, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom LeekPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in returning Messages
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. In Messages
  4. Requested House to recede
  5. Refused to concur in 1 amendment(s) (469307)
  6. In returning messages
  7. Insisted on amendment, and requested the Senate to concur
  8. Insisted on amendment 469307
  9. Senate Message List
  10. In Messages
  11. Requested House to recede
  12. Refused to concur in 1 amendment(s) (469307)

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source