Florida HB 729: Protective Injunctions and Protection Orders

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HB 729 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to protective injunctions and 2
protection orders; amending s. 741.30, F.S.; requiring 3
a respondent to surrender to the local law enforcement 4
agency all firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry 5
a concealed weapon or firearm after the issuance of a 6
final judgment on an injunction for protection against 7
domestic violence; providing for the surrender and 8
storage of firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry 9
a concealed weapon or firearm after issuance of a 10
protective injunction; requiring law enforcement 11
agencies to develop certain policies and procedures; 12
providing for return of firearms, ammunition, and 13
licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm when a 14
protective injunction is vacated, terminated, or 15
otherwise rendered no longer affective; authorizing a 16
respondent to elect to transfer all firearms and 17
ammunition surrendered or seized by a law enforcement 18
agency to another person under certain circumstances; 19
amending s. 741.31, F.S.; revising the criminal 20
penalty for a second or subsequent violation of an 21
injunction for protection against domestic violence or 22
a foreign protection order; providing an effective 23
date. 24
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 26
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Section 1. Subsections (9) and (10) of section 741.30, 28
Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (10) and (11), 29
respectively, paragraph (g) of subsection (6) is amended, and a 30
new subsection (9) is added to that section, to read: 31
741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of 32
court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary 33
injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification 34
system; enforcement; public records exemption.— 35
(6) 36
(g) A final judgment on injunction for protection against 37
domestic violence entered under this section must, on its face, 38
indicate that it is a violation of s. 790.233, and a first 39
degree misdemeanor, for the respondent to have in his or her 40
care, custody, possession, or control any firearm or ammunition. 41
Upon issuance of a final judgment on injunction for protection 42
against domestic violence, the court shall order the respondent 43
to surrender to the local law enforcement agency all firearms 44
and ammunition owned by the respondent in the respondent's 45
custody, control, or possession except as provided in paragraph 46
(9)(g), and any license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm 47
issued under s. 790.06, held by the respondent. 48
(9)(a) Upon issuance of a final judgment on injunction for 49
protection against domestic violence, the law enforcement 50

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officer serving the injunction for protection shall request that 51
the respondent immediately surrender all firearms and ammunition 52
owned by the respondent in his or her custody, control, or 53
possession and any license to carry a concealed weapon or 54
firearm issued under s. 790.06, held by the respondent. The law 55
enforcement officer shall take possession of all firearms and 56
ammunition owned by the respondent, except as provided in 57
paragraph (g), and any license to carry a concealed weapon or 58
firearm issued under s. 790.06, held by the respondent, which 59
are surrendered. Alternatively, if personal service by a law 60
enforcement officer is not possible or is not required because 61
the respondent was present at the hearing, the respondent must 62
surrender any firearms and ammunition owned by the respondent, 63
except as provided in paragraph (g), and any license to carry a 64
concealed weapon or firearm issued under s. 790.06, held by the 65
respondent, in a safe manner to the control of the local law 66
enforcement agency immediately after being served with the order 67
by service or immediately after the hearing at which the 68
respondent was present. Notwithstanding ss. 933.02 and 933.18, a 69
law enforcement officer may seek a search warrant from a court 70
of competent jurisdiction to conduct a search for firearms or 71
ammunition owned by the respondent if the officer has probable 72
cause to believe that there are firearms or ammunition owned by 73
the respondent in the respondent's custody, control, or 74
possession at a particular location which have not been 75

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surrendered. 76
(b) At the time of surre