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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 32: Injunctions for Protection

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 32 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on September 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Injunctions for Protection. Primary sponsor: Barbara Sharief (Democratic), Criminal Justice. It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in 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.

Injunctions for Protection; Defining the terms “serious violence by a known person” and “serious bodily injury”; creating a cause of action for an injunction for protection in cases of serious violence by a known person; prohibiting the clerk of the court from assessing a fee for the filing of such injunction for protection; requiring the clerk of the court to electronically transmit copies of specified documents within a certain timeframe after a court issues such injunction for protection; requiring law enforcement officers to accept a certified copy of such injunction for protection from the petitioner and immediately serve it upon a respondent, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barbara ShariefPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Criminal JusticePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Lori BermanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mack BernardCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Tracie DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Rosalind OsgoodCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“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 Messages
  2. In Messages
  3. Immediately certified
  4. CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
  5. Read 3rd time
  6. Read 2nd time
  7. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
  8. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  9. Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
  10. On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  11. Now in Fiscal Policy
  12. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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