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Superseded — its companion passed SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 858

Protective Injunctions and Protection Orders
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SPONSOR
Polsky
FILED BY
Tina Scott Polsky — District 30, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
10/1/2026
COMPANION
CS/CS/HB 277 — SB 858 was set aside and its companion carried the policy

Filed under Criminal Justice.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

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.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Mandates immediate firearm surrender upon domestic violence injunctions.

Courts must order respondents to surrender all firearms, ammunition, and concealed carry licenses to local law enforcement upon a final domestic violence injunction.

Law enforcement officers must take possession of surrendered items, issue a receipt, and file it with the court within 72 hours of service.

If a respondent fails to surrender items, the court must issue a search warrant based on a sworn statement from a law enforcement officer.

Respondents may transfer surrendered firearms to a third party who passes a background check and attests to secure storage away from the respondent.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Mandatory Surrender of Firearms and Licenses majors. 741.30(9)(a)

AICreates a mandatory duty for respondents to surrender all firearms, ammunition, and concealed carry licenses to law enforcement upon a final domestic violence injunction.

“the court shall order the respondent to surrender to the local law enforcement agency all firearms and ammunition owned by the respondent” bill text, line 44 →
§ 2 Search Warrants for Non-Compliance majors. 741.30(9)(c)

AIAllows law enforcement to obtain search warrants to seize unsurrendered firearms if probable cause exists that the respondent failed to comply with the surrender order.

“the court must issue a search warrant authorizing a search of the location where the firearms or ammunition are located” bill text, line 99 →
§ 3 Return of Property Upon Injunction Termination moderates. 741.30(9)(f)

AIRequires law enforcement to return surrendered firearms and licenses only after a background check confirms eligibility and the court confirms the injunction is no longer effective.

“must return such surrendered firearm, ammunition, or license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm issued under s. 790.06, as requested by a respondent only after confirming” bill text, line 123 →
§ 4 Felony Penalty for Repeat Violations majors. 741.31(4)(c)

AIReduces the prior conviction requirement for a third-degree felony from two or more prior convictions to a single prior conviction for violating a domestic violence injunction.

“A person who has a prior conviction for violation of an injunction or a foreign protection order, and who commits a second or subsequent violation”
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB...
1/13/2026
Introduced
12/16/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
12/10/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 741.30
+1158 / −0
s. 741.31
+6 / −5
s. 741.30
+0 / −0