SB 524 Florida 2026 session
Department of Law Enforcement
Department of Law Enforcement; Authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules relating to the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; specifying the circumstances under which an appointment or reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is considered in force; requiring the commission, rather than the Governor, to appoint district medical examiners for each medical examiner district; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints taken of natural persons who are control persons of a licensee or are applicants for licensure, etc.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Passed both chambers — last recorded action March 13, 2026
Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 418 (Ch. 2026-147)
Recorded votes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
18 yes · 0 no · pass February 24, 2026
Passage likelihood
95% Higher than most bills at this stage
This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.
What the estimate is based on
- Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
- Current stage Passed both chambers.
- Cosponsors 1 cosponsor.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 418 (Ch. 2026-147)
- In returning messages
- Insisted on amendment, and requested the Senate to concur
- Insisted on amendment 222029
- Added to Senate Message List
- In Messages
- Refused to concur, requested House to recede
- In returning messages
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0
- Read 3rd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Amendment 222029 adopted
- Read 2nd time
- 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- In Messages
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- Read 3rd time
- Amendment(s) adopted (712722)
- Read 2nd time
- Retained on Special Order Calendar
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
- Now in Fiscal Policy
- Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Introduced
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
- Filed