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Bill Text

846 
Reporting Lost or Stolen Firearms 
2025-12-10T03:14:34Z 
Requiring individuals to report lost or stolen firearms to the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the loss or theft occurred within a specified timeframe; requiring such individuals to provide specified information to the local law enforcement agency; requiring the local law enforcement agency to create an incident report upon receiving a report of a lost or stolen firearm, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 846 

 By Senator Jones 

 34-00382-26 2026846__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to reporting lost or stolen firearms; 
 3 creating s. 790.402, F.S.; requiring individuals to 
 4 report lost or stolen firearms to the local law 
 5 enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the 
 6 loss or theft occurred within a specified timeframe; 
 7 requiring such individuals to provide specified 
 8 information to the local law enforcement agency; 
 9 requiring the local law enforcement agency to create 
 10 an incident report upon receiving a report of a lost 
 11 or stolen firearm; requiring an individual who 
 12 reported a firearm lost or stolen to notify the local 
 13 law enforcement agency to which the loss or theft was 
 14 reported within a specified timeframe if the firearm 
 15 is subsequently recovered; providing an effective 
 16 date. 
 17 
 18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 19 
 20 Section 1. Section 790.402, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 21 read: 
 22 790.402 Reporting of lost or stolen firearms.— 
 23 (1) An individual who owns or lawfully possesses a firearm 
 24 must report the loss or theft of the firearm to the local law 
 25 enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the loss or 
 26 theft occurred within 48 hours after the time that he or she 
 27 knew or reasonably should have known that the firearm had been 
 28 lost or stolen and provide to the local law enforcement agency 
 29 the make, model, caliber, and serial number, if known, of the 
 30 firearm and the date, time, place, and circumstances surrounding 
 31 the last time the individual saw the firearm. 
 32 (2) Notwithstanding any other law, upon receiving a report 
 33 of a lost or stolen firearm, the local law enforcement agency 
 34 shall create an incident report and, upon request of the 
 35 reporting individual, provide a copy of the report to the 
 36 individual at no cost. 
 37 (3) An individual who has reported a firearm lost or stolen 
 38 under subsection (1) and who subsequently recovers the firearm 
 39 shall notify the local law enforcement agency to which the loss 
 40 or theft was reported within 48 hours after the recovery. 
 41 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.