# Florida HB 359: Search Warrants Florida HB 359, Search Warrants, is a 2026 House bill sponsored by Adam Anderson (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-29 (Chapter No. 2026-177) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB359-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida HB 359 - State: Florida - Session: 2026 - Title: Search Warrants - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-11-05 - Last action: 2026-06-29, Chapter No. 2026-177 - Sponsor: Adam Anderson (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, House Calendar, Rules - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (152 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Officers can request warrants by video: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida judges can let law enforcement officers appear remotely when applying for search warrants. This option also covers warrant and court-order applications under the state’s communications law. The judge must approve the remote appearance, which must use audio-video tech… - Police gain new warrant-backed search options: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida judges can issue search warrants to recover a deceased person’s body. The law also allows drone searches of areas where evidence of a crime might reasonably be found. For this drone-search authority, police must first get a judge-signed warrant that specifically allo… - Police get longer warrant return deadlines: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida bans issuing blank search warrants and generally requires returns within 10 days, excluding the issuance date. Warrants for specified electronic communications data from out-of-state providers have up to 20 days. Warrants for a specific person’s blood or saliva for D… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Adam Anderson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael "Mike" Gottlieb (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Judiciary Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 115 | 0 | | ## Actions (37) - 2026-06-29: Chapter No. 2026-177 - 2026-06-26: Approved by Governor - 2026-06-15: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2026-03-05: Ordered enrolled (House) - 2026-03-05: In Messages (House) - 2026-03-04: CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 562 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Read 3rd time -SJ 562 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Read 2nd time -SJ 562 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Substituted for CS/SB 442 -SJ 562 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 561 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Received (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Rules (Senate) - 2026-02-25: In Messages (Senate) - 2026-02-25: CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 (House) - 2026-02-25: Read 3rd time (House) - 2026-02-25: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-25: Amendment 213119 adopted (House) - 2026-02-25: Read 2nd time (House) - 2026-02-19: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) (House) - 2026-02-04: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-04: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House) - 2026-02-04: Bill referred to House Calendar (House) - 2026-02-03: CS Filed (House) - 2026-02-03: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2026-02-03: Reported out of Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-02-03: Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-01-30: PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda (House) - 2026-01-13: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House) - 2025-12-02: Now in Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-12-02: Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-12-02: Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-11-24: Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-11-18: Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-11-18: Referred to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-11-18: Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-11-05: Filed (House) ## Bill text - er, 2026-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/er/PDF) - e1, 2026-02-25: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/e1/PDF) - c1, 2026-02-03: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-11-05: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related bills - SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed) - HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed) - HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed) - HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed) - HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed) - HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed) ## Sources - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/er/PDF) - [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/e1/PDF) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related - [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026) - [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026) - [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026) - [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026) - [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026) - [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026) - [Florida bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida/bills) - [Florida state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB359-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).