Funding for Body Cameras
SB 1102 amends Florida law to explicitly include body cameras as a qualifying use of infrastructure funding. The bill revises the definition of "infrastructure" under Section 212.055 to add body camera equipment, software, and storage as eligible expenses for local government infrastructure surtax proceeds. This change directly affects law enforcement agencies (police, sheriff's offices) by allowing them to use existing infrastructure tax funds to purchase or maintain body cameras, as referenced in Section 943.1718. The bill does not create new funding but expands the current definition of eligible infrastructure expenditures to cover body camera systems. It remains a procedural adjustment to funding rules, not a new policy requiring voter approval.
Bill status
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Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Mar 13, 2026
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MODERATE
The bill was revised from a filed version to a committee substitute, updating the effective date to July 1, 2026, and clarifying that new funding rules apply only to existing surtaxes if they were already approved by voters. The core policy regarding body cameras remains unchanged, as the definition of 'infrastructure' still explicitly includes the equipment needed for law enforcement body cameras.
Scope change
The applicability of the new funding rules was narrowed; they now apply only to surtaxes already in effect or approved by a subsequent referendum, rather than automatically applying to all future surtaxes.
TIMELINE
The effective date was changed from July 1, 2026 (in the original filed version) to July 1, 2026 (in the committee substitute), while the header date was updated to reflect the committee substitute filing date.
SCOPE
Section 2 was added to clarify that the new body camera funding provisions apply only to surtaxes currently in effect or those approved by a later voter referendum, limiting the bill's reach to future surtaxes.
DEFINITION
The summary description of the bill was slightly altered to change 'certain circumstances' to 'circumstances' and 'effective date' to 'applicability' and 'effective date'.
TECHNICAL
The bill title was updated from 'SB 1102' to 'CS for SB 1102' (Committee Substitute) to reflect its current legislative status.
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Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Ralph Massullo
RRepublican
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