SB 502 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Concurrent Legislative Jurisdiction over United States Military Installations

Summary

Concurrent Legislative Jurisdiction over United States Military Installations; Accepting concurrent legislative jurisdiction with the United States over delinquency matters on United States military installations if such matters meet certain criteria; establishing circuit court jurisdiction over such matters, etc.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Feb 26, 2026

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What changed between versions

S 502 Filed → S 502 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was completely rewritten to shift its focus from a general framework for accepting jurisdiction over all military installations to a specific mechanism for handling juvenile delinquency cases. The original version required the Governor to accept a broad request from military officials to share jurisdiction, while the new version automatically grants jurisdiction to Florida circuit courts for specific crimes committed by children on military bases, provided federal authorities waive their exclusive right to prosecute.

Scope change

The bill's scope narrowed significantly from a general administrative process for all military land to a specific judicial procedure for juvenile delinquency cases involving federal crimes that are also crimes under Florida law.

SCOPE

The bill changed from a general acceptance of jurisdiction over all military installations to a specific application for delinquency matters involving children.

ELIGIBILITY

Jurisdiction is now limited to cases where the military installation is in Florida, the federal prosecutor waives exclusive jurisdiction, and the alleged crime is also a crime under Florida law.

ENFORCEMENT

The bill explicitly grants exclusive original jurisdiction to Florida circuit courts for these specific delinquency cases, removing the need for a Governor's written acceptance of a request.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for the Governor to manually accept a request, submit documents for recording, and enter reciprocal agreements was removed.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2026

How they voted

23–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 24

Feb 10, 2026

D Democratic5

5 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican18

17 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Feb 10, 2026

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (23-0-1)

senate

Feb 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0

upper

Feb 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 0

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Jan 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

upper

Dec 1, 2025

Committee

Referred to Judiciary; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors