Florida SB 954: Attorney Compensation

Bill Text

954 
Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition 
2025-12-17T10:48:34Z 
Repealing a provision relating to the preemption of the field of regulation of firearms and ammunition to the Legislature, to the exclusion of local jurisdictions, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 954 

 By Senator Polsky 

 30-00106-26 2026954__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the preemption of firearms and 
 3 ammunition; repealing s. 790.33, F.S., relating to the 
 4 preemption of the field of regulation of firearms and 
 5 ammunition to the Legislature, to the exclusion of 
 6 local jurisdictions; amending s. 790.251, F.S.; 
 7 conforming a provision to changes made by the act; 
 8 providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Section 790.33, Florida Statutes, is repealed. 
 13 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 790.251, Florida 
 14 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 15 790.251 Protection of the right to keep and bear arms in 
 16 motor vehicles for self-defense and other lawful purposes; 
 17 prohibited acts; duty of public and private employers; immunity 
 18 from liability; enforcement.— 
 19 (4) PROHIBITED ACTS.—No public or private employer may 
 20 violate the constitutional rights of any customer, employee, or 
 21 invitee as provided in paragraphs (a)-(e): 
 22 (a) No public or private employer may prohibit any 
 23 customer, employee, or invitee from possessing any legally owned 
 24 firearm when such firearm is lawfully possessed and locked 
 25 inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot and 
 26 when the customer, employee, or invitee is lawfully in such 
 27 area. 
 28 (b) No public or private employer may violate the privacy 
 29 rights of a customer, employee, or invitee by verbal or written 
 30 inquiry regarding the presence of a firearm inside or locked to 
 31 a private motor vehicle in a parking lot or by an actual search 
 32 of a private motor vehicle in a parking lot to ascertain the 
 33 presence of a firearm within the vehicle. Further, no public or 
 34 private employer may take any action against a customer, 
 35 employee, or invitee based upon verbal or written statements of 
 36 any party concerning possession of a firearm stored inside a 
 37 private motor vehicle in a parking lot for lawful purposes. A 
 38 search of a private motor vehicle in the parking lot of a public 
 39 or private employer to ascertain the presence of a firearm 
 40 within the vehicle may only be conducted by on-duty law 
 41 enforcement personnel, based upon due process and must comply 
 42 with constitutional protections. 
 43 (c) No public or private employer shall condition 
 44 employment upon either: 
 45 1. The fact that an employee or prospective employee is 
 46 authorized to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm 
 47 under s. 790.01(1); or 
 48 2. Any agreement by an employee or a prospective employee 
 49 that prohibits an employee from keeping a legal firearm locked 
 50 inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot 
 51 when such firearm is kept for lawful purposes. 
 52 (d) No public or private employer shall prohibit or attempt 
 53 to prevent any customer, employee, or invitee from entering the 
 54 parking lot of the employer’s place of business because the 
 55 customer’s, employee’s, or invitee’s private motor vehicle 
 56 contains a legal firearm being carried for lawful purposes, that 
 57 is out of sight within the customer’s, employee’s, or invitee’s 
 58 private motor vehicle. 
 59 (e) No public or private employer may terminate the 
 60 employment of or otherwise discriminate against an employee, or 
 61 expel a customer or invitee for exercising his or her 
 62 constitutional right to keep and bear arms or for exercising the 
 63 right of self-defense as long as a firearm is never exhibited on 
 64 company property for any reason other than lawful defensive 
 65 purposes. 
 66 
 67 This subsection applies to all public sector employers, 
 68 including those already prohibited from regulating firearms 
 69 under s. 790.33. 
 70 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.