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FloridaHB 2772026HouseWALLET

Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions

Sponsored By: Debra Tendrich (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

AppropriationCriminal Justice SubcommitteeCivil Justice & Claims SubcommitteeJustice Budget SubcommitteeJudiciary CommitteeHouse CalendarRules

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7 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.

More moving help for violence victims

Beginning July 1, 2026, domestic violence victims can get more money to leave a dangerous setting. The Department of Legal Affairs may award up to $2,500 on one claim, increased from $1,500. The lifetime cap rises from $3,000 to $5,000. Victims must need immediate help to escape, and awards are not guaranteed. Assistance is allowed even when victims do not meet some usual victim-compensation criteria.

Victims get broader protective order rules

Beginning July 1, 2026, domestic violence petitions require identifying details, relationship information, related court cases, and specific facts showing immediate danger. Courts must consider threats, harassment, stalking, abuse, attempts to harm others, and threats to hide, kidnap, or harm children. They also consider harm or threats to pets, service animals, and emotional support animals, plus weapons and violent criminal history. Other factors include restrictions on leaving home or contacting police, property damage, controlling behavior, and other acts creating immediate danger. Courts must consider verifiable earlier protective orders, including military orders. Temporary relief can include exclusive use of a shared home, child or spousal support, and batterers’ intervention. Courts can also grant temporary exclusive parenting time, supervised visits, neutral safe child-exchange locations, and other protective conditions.

Police must report military order violations

Beginning July 1, 2026, police must notify the agency that entered a military protective order into the national crime database. This applies when an officer has probable cause to believe someone violated a state domestic violence injunction or related order. The officer must also identify a military order against that person and have probable cause that it was violated. The officer or employing agency must send the notice; households have no new reporting duty.

Police share more protective order information

Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida’s statewide verification system electronically shares protective order information among authorized criminal justice agencies. It covers domestic, dating, sexual, and repeat violence injunctions, plus child-abuse injunctions under chapter 39. Agencies can check whether an order exists and its current status. The system operates within the Department of Law Enforcement’s criminal justice information program.

Repeat domestic violence brings tougher penalties

Beginning July 1, 2026, a prior domestic violence conviction raises a new domestic violence crime one level. Second-degree misdemeanors become first-degree misdemeanors; first-degree misdemeanors become third-degree felonies. Third-degree felonies become second-degree felonies, second-degree felonies become first-degree felonies, and first-degree felonies become life felonies. This rule excludes felony battery under section 784.03(2); sentencing and incentive gain-time rankings still use the original offense level. Separately, violating the same protective order against the same victim becomes a third-degree felony after a qualifying prior conviction. Qualifying convictions include domestic violence crimes and violations of injunctions or foreign protection orders. A finding of guilt counts even when formal judgment is withheld or the person entered a no-contest plea.

Monitoring and costs for felony probationers

The Sixth Judicial Circuit’s monitoring pilot runs July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028, and is repealed July 1, 2028. It covers offenses committed on or after July 1, 2026, by adults age 18 or older. Eligible cases involve felony domestic violence or felony violations of domestic, dating, or sexual violence injunctions. A guilty finding, withheld formal judgment, or no-contest plea qualifies when probation includes a no-contact order with the victim. Courts can order monitoring and must do so when clear and convincing evidence shows a threat of violence or physical harm. Monitoring adds victim protection, but participants pay costs under state supervision-fee law, and other mandatory probation conditions remain required. The Department of Corrections must explain conditions, prohibited places, consequences, and how to ask a court to remove monitoring. Evaluation reports are due March 1, 2027, January 1, 2028, and September 1, 2028. Reports must cover participation, violations, supervision costs, funding sources, and recommendations on effectiveness.

Monitoring and costs for Pinellas probationers

Pinellas County’s monitoring pilot runs July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028, for offenses committed on or after its start. It covers adults age 18 or older with qualifying misdemeanor domestic violence cases or domestic, dating, or sexual violence injunction violations. A guilty finding, withheld formal judgment, or no-contest plea qualifies when probation includes a no-contact order with the victim. Courts can order monitoring and must do so when clear and convincing evidence shows a threat of violence or physical harm. Monitoring provides a victim-protection tool, but participants generally pay its costs; the sheriff can reduce or waive them. The sheriff manages monitoring and must provide a process to ask for removal, including after establishing permanent residence in another state.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Debra Tendrich

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Criminal Justice Subcommittee

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Judiciary Committee

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Danny Nix Jr.

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 149 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/9/2026

Senate Floor Vote

Yes: 37 • No: 0

House vote • 3/4/2026

House Floor Vote

Yes: 112 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter No. 2026-86

    5/22/2026

  2. Approved by Governor

    5/21/2026

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

    5/11/2026

  4. Ordered enrolled

    3/9/2026House

  5. In Messages

    3/9/2026House

  6. CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 690

    3/9/2026Senate

  7. Read 3rd time -SJ 690

    3/9/2026Senate

  8. Read 2nd time -SJ 690

    3/9/2026Senate

  9. Substituted for CS/CS/SB 682 -SJ 690

    3/9/2026Senate

  10. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

    3/9/2026Senate

  11. Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 689

    3/9/2026Senate

  12. Received

    3/4/2026Senate

  13. Referred to Rules

    3/4/2026Senate

  14. In Messages

    3/4/2026Senate

  15. CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0

    3/4/2026House

  16. Read 3rd time

    3/4/2026House

  17. Added to Third Reading Calendar

    3/4/2026House

  18. Amendment 827019 adopted

    3/4/2026House

  19. Amendment 280643 adopted

    3/4/2026House

  20. Amendment 332751 adopted

    3/4/2026House

  21. Read 2nd time

    3/4/2026House

  22. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

    2/26/2026House

  23. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)

    2/26/2026House

  24. Bill referred to House Calendar

    2/26/2026House

  25. CS Filed

    2/26/2026House

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