Florida HB 1105: Education

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HB 1105 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to interpersonal violence injunctions; 2
amending s. 741.30, F.S.; revising the required forms, 3
motions, and information all clerk of the court 4
offices must provide to assist petitioners; requiring 5
the court, upon the filing of a domestic violence 6
petition, to review the petition ex parte and set a 7
final hearing at the earliest possible time under 8
certain circumstances; requiring that a respondent be 9
personally served by a law enforcement officer if a 10
final hearing is set; revising the factors the court 11
is required to consider and evaluate in determining 12
whether a petitioner has reasonable cause to believe 13
that he or she is in imminent danger of becoming a 14
victim of domestic violence; revising what the clerk 15
of the court, within a specified timeframe after the 16
court sets the case for a final hearing, is required 17
to transmit to the sheriff or a law enforcement agency 18
for service; requiring a respondent, within 1 business 19
day after being served, to file a designation of his 20
or her mailing or e-mail address with the clerk of the 21
court for subsequent service; revising the 22
circumstances under which the clerk of the court must 23
mail or e-mail certified copies of certain orders to 24
the parties; specifying that service by e-mail is 25

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complete upon e-mailing; revising the name of the 26
Domestic and Repeat Violence Injunction Statewide 27
Verification System created within the Department of 28
Law Enforcement to the Statewide Injunction 29
Verification System; revising the injunctions required 30
to be maintained in the system; revising the 31
circumstances under which the clerk of the court must 32
mail or e-mail certified copies of certain orders to 33
the parties; requiring the court, upon the filing of a 34
petition, to review the petition ex parte and set a 35
final hearing at the earliest possible time under 36
certain circumstances; making technical and conforming 37
changes; amending s. 784.046, F.S.; prohibiting a 38
court from issuing mutual orders of protection; 39
revising the required forms, motions, and information 40
the clerks of the court must provide to assist 41
petitioners unrepresented by counsel; requiring that a 42
respondent be personally served by a law enforcement 43
officer if a final hearing is set; requiring that a 44
court's denial of a petition for an ex parte temporary 45
injunction be by certain written order; specifying 46
that good cause for a continuance includes obtaining 47
service of process by any party; requiring that all 48
specified proceedings be recorded; requiring a 49
respondent, within 1 business day after being served, 50

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to file a designation of his or her mailing or e-mail 51
address with the clerk of the court for subsequent 52
service; revising the circumstances under which the 53
clerk of the court must mail or e-mail certified 54
copies of certain orders to the parties; specifying 55
that service by mail or e-mail is complete upon 56
mailing or e-mailing; requiring the clerk of the court 57
to prepare a certain written certification when a 58
certain order is served by the clerk; revising the 59
name of the Domestic and Repeat Violence Injunction 60
Statewide Verification System created within the 61
Department of Law Enforcement to the Statewide 62
Injunction Verification System; revising the 63
injunctions required to be maintained in the system; 64
specifying the circumstances under which the clerk of 65
the court must mail or e-mail certified copies of 66
certain injunction orders to the parties; specifying 67
that service by mail or e-mail is complete upon 68
mailing or e-mailing; providing requirements regarding 69
service of process; making technical and conforming 70
changes; amending s. 784.0485, F.S.; revising the 71
required forms, motions, and information all clerk of 72
the court offices must provide to assist petitioners; 73
requiring the court, upon the filing of a petition for 74
an injunction for protection against stalking, to 75

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review the petition ex parte and set a final hearing 76
at the earliest possible time under certain 77
circumstances; requiring that a respondent be 78
personally served by a law enforcement officer if a 79
final hearing is set; revising what the clerk of the 80
court,