Florida SB 1644: Emergency Services

Bill Text

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Interpersonal Violence Injunctions 
2026-01-09T08:44:06Z 
Revising the required forms, motions, and information all clerk of the court offices must provide to assist petitioners; revising the factors the court is required to consider and evaluate in determining whether a petitioner has reasonable cause to believe that he or she is in imminent danger of becoming a victim of domestic violence; prohibiting a court from issuing mutual orders of protection; requiring the court, upon the filing of a petition for an injunction for protection against stalking, to review the petition ex parte and set a final hearing at the earliest possible time under certain circumstances, 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 1644 

 By Senator McClain 

 9-01255-26 20261644__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to interpersonal violence injunctions; 
 3 amending s. 741.30, F.S.; revising the required forms, 
 4 motions, and information all clerk of the court 
 5 offices must provide to assist petitioners; requiring 
 6 the court, upon the filing of a domestic violence 
 7 petition, to review the petition ex parte and set a 
 8 final hearing at the earliest possible time under 
 9 certain circumstances; requiring that a respondent be 
 10 personally served by a law enforcement officer if a 
 11 final hearing is set; revising the factors the court 
 12 is required to consider and evaluate in determining 
 13 whether a petitioner has reasonable cause to believe 
 14 that he or she is in imminent danger of becoming a 
 15 victim of domestic violence; revising what the clerk 
 16 of the court, within a specified timeframe after the 
 17 court sets the case for a final hearing, is required 
 18 to transmit to the sheriff or a law enforcement agency 
 19 for service; requiring a respondent, within 1 business 
 20 day after being served, to inform the clerk of the 
 21 court of his or her mailing or e-mail address for 
 22 subsequent service; revising the circumstances under 
 23 which the clerk of the court must mail or e-mail 
 24 certified copies of certain orders to the parties; 
 25 specifying that service by e-mail is complete upon e 
 26 mailing; revising the name of the Domestic and Repeat 
 27 Violence Injunction Statewide Verification System 
 28 created within the Department of Law Enforcement to 
 29 the Statewide Injunction Verification System; revising 
 30 the injunctions required to be maintained in the 
 31 system; revising the circumstances under which the 
 32 clerk of the court must mail or e-mail certified 
 33 copies of certain orders to the parties; requiring the 
 34 court, upon the filing of a petition, to review the 
 35 petition ex parte and set a final hearing at the 
 36 earliest possible time under certain circumstances; 
 37 making technical and conforming changes; amending s. 
 38 784.046, F.S.; prohibiting a court from issuing mutual 
 39 orders of protection; revising the required forms, 
 40 motions, and information the clerks of the court must 
 41 provide to assist petitioners unrepresented by 
 42 counsel; requiring that a respondent be personally 
 43 served by a law enforcement officer if a final hearing 
 44 is set; requiring that a court’s denial of a petition 
 45 for an ex parte temporary injunction be by certain 
 46 written order; specifying that good cause for a 
 47 continuance includes obtaining service of process by 
 48 any party; requiring a respondent, within 1 business 
 49 day after being served, to inform the clerk of the 
 50 court of his or her mailing or e-mail address for 
 51 subsequent service; revising the circumstances under 
 52 which the clerk of the court must mail or e-mail 
 53 certified copies of certain orders to the parties; 
 54 specifying that service by mail or e-mail is complete 
 55 upon mailing or e-mailing; requiring the clerk of the 
 56 court to prepare a certain written certification when 
 57 a certain order is served by the clerk; requiring that 
 58 all specified proceedings be recorded; 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 agai