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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 2508

State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System
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PROVIDED SUMMARY

State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System; Abrogating the scheduled expiration of provisions relating to the remission of surcharges for specified criminal offenses and noncriminal moving traffic violations to the Department of Revenue to fund the state agency law enforcement radio system and to provide technical assistance with respect to statewide systems of regional law enforcement communications, etc.

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AI-GENERATED
Makes funding for the law enforcement radio system permanent.

Florida funds the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System, and technical assistance to state and local agencies on regional radio communications, through an administrative fee under section 318.18. That fee, and the rule distributing its proceeds, were both set to expire July 1, 2026.

This bill deletes both expiration dates outright, rather than pushing them back. The fee, and the Department of Management Services' authority to recover its administrative costs for the system, now continue with no scheduled end date at all.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Removes the 2026 sunset on the radio-system administrative fee majors. 318.18(18)

AIThe administrative fee that funds the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System, and pays for technical assistance to state and local agencies on regional law enforcement communications, was set to expire July 1, 2026. Deleting that sentence keeps the fee and its funding use in place with no expiration date.

“This subsection expires July 1, 2026.” bill text, line 30 →
§ 2 Removes the matching sunset on how those proceeds are distributed moderates. 318.21(17)

AIThe companion provision directing how the section 318.18(18) fee proceeds get distributed was set to expire on the same date, July 1, 2026. Deleting that sentence too keeps the distribution instructions valid alongside the now-permanent fee, rather than leaving it undistributed after that date.

“as provided in that subsection. This subsection expires July 1, 2026.” bill text, line 50 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Messages
2/20/2026
In Messages
2/20/2026
Immediately certified -SJ 419
2/20/2026
The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the...
2/20/2026
Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 415
2/20/2026
Read 3rd time -SJ 415
2/20/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 415
2/19/2026
Introduced
2/18/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
2/18/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/18/2026
Filed
2/18/2026
Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by...
2/13/2026
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/13/2026
Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 318.18
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s. 318.21
+0 / −6
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