Sen. Tina Polsky

Protective Injunctions and Protection Orders; Requiring a respondent to surrender to the local law enforcement agency all firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm after the issuance of a final judgment on an injunction for protection against domestic violence; providing for return of firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm when a protective injunction is vacated, terminated, or otherwise rendered no longer effective; revising the criminal penalty for a second or subsequent violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violence or a foreign protection order, etc.

Marriage Between Persons of the Same Sex; Repealing a provision relating to marriage between persons of the same sex; deleting a prohibition on the recognition of same-sex marriages; deleting a prohibition on the state and its agencies and subdivisions giving effect to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding that respects a same-sex marriage or relationship or a claim arising from such marriage or relationship, etc.

Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition; Repealing a provision relating to the preemption of the field of regulation of firearms and ammunition to the Legislature, to the exclusion of local jurisdictions, etc.

State of Emergency Termination; Terminating the state of emergency and any order, proclamation, or rule issued or adopted thereunder declared by Executive Order 23-03, etc.

Official State Bird; Requiring the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to develop and conduct a certain survey; requiring the commission to provide the survey and certain website information to specified persons during a specified timeframe; requiring that the survey include specified bird species, etc.

Maddy summarySB 406 prohibits carrying weapons or firearms in specific locations, including schools (elementary/secondary and college facilities), courthouses, police stations, polling places, government meetings, and certain areas of bars. It creates new criminal penalties for violations, classifying them as second-degree misdemeanors, while allowing firearms in vehicles for lawful purposes and in airport terminals when encased for shipment. The bill aligns with existing concealed carry license rules by explicitly listing prohibited locations, such as college campuses (unless the person is a student/employee with a non-lethal weapon) and polling places. It does not change general concealed carry requirements but adds these location restrictions to Florida law.

Restoration of Voting Rights; Requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database containing certain information for a certain purpose; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to the commission; providing that a person who takes certain actions in reasonable reliance on the database has an affirmative right to register and to vote and may not be charged with certain violations of criminal law, etc.

Public Records/Receipt or Transfer of Ammunition; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for records containing certain information pertaining to a buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of ammunition; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for the reversion of specified statutory text unless certain conditions are met; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Resolution of Disputed Property Insurance Claims; Requiring, rather than authorizing, parties in a property insurance claim dispute to participate in mediation; providing that mediation is a condition precedent to commencing litigation; requiring all insureds, or their representatives, to attend the mediation; requiring the policyholder to provide the insurer with any information and certain documents within a specified timeframe after mediation is invoked; revising the definition of the term “claim”, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000

Sale or Transfer of Ammunition; Citing this act as "Jaime’s Law"; requiring background checks for the sale or transfer of ammunition; providing exceptions, etc.