Florida SB 88: Sale or Transfer of Ammunition

Bill Text

88 
Sale or Transfer of Ammunition 
2025-09-26T06:01:49Z 
Citing this act as "Jaime’s Law"; requiring background checks for the sale or transfer of ammunition; providing exceptions, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-10-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 88 

 By Senator Polsky 

 30-00108-26 202688__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the sale or transfer of ammunition; 
 3 providing a short title; amending s. 790.065, F.S.; 
 4 requiring background checks for the sale or transfer 
 5 of ammunition; providing exceptions; conforming 
 6 provisions to changes made by the act; making 
 7 technical changes; providing an effective date. 
 8 
 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 10 
 11 Section 1. This act may be cited as “Jaime’s Law.” 
 12 Section 2. Subsections (1), (2), and (3), paragraphs (b), 
 13 (c), and (d) of subsection (4), and subsections (6), (11), and 
 14 (12) of section 790.065, Florida Statutes, are amended, and 
 15 subsections (8), (10), and (14) of that section are republished, 
 16 to read: 
 17 790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms and ammunition.— 
 18 (1)(a) A licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or 
 19 licensed dealer may not sell or deliver from her or his 
 20 inventory at her or his licensed premises any firearm or 
 21 ammunition to another person, other than a licensed importer, 
 22 licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, 
 23 until she or he has: 
 24 1. Obtained a completed form from the potential buyer or 
 25 transferee, which form shall have been adopted promulgated by 
 26 the Department of Law Enforcement and provided by the licensed 
 27 importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, which shall 
 28 include the name, date of birth, gender, race, and social 
 29 security number or other identification number of such potential 
 30 buyer or transferee and has inspected proper identification, 
 31 including an identification containing a photograph of the 
 32 potential buyer or transferee. 
 33 2. Collected a fee from the potential buyer for processing 
 34 the criminal history check of the potential buyer. The fee shall 
 35 be established by the Department of Law Enforcement and may not 
 36 exceed $8 per transaction. The Department of Law Enforcement may 
 37 reduce, or suspend collection of, the fee to reflect payment 
 38 received from the Federal Government applied to the cost of 
 39 maintaining the criminal history check system established by 
 40 this section as a means of facilitating or supplementing the 
 41 National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The 
 42 Department of Law Enforcement shall, by rule, establish 
 43 procedures for the fees to be transmitted by the licensee to the 
 44 Department of Law Enforcement. Such procedures must provide that 
 45 fees may be paid or transmitted by electronic means, including, 
 46 but not limited to, debit cards, credit cards, or electronic 
 47 funds transfers. All such fees shall be deposited into the 
 48 Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund, but shall be 
 49 segregated from all other funds deposited into such trust fund 
 50 and must be accounted for separately. Such segregated funds must 
 51 not be used for any purpose other than the operation of the 
 52 criminal history checks required by this section. The Department 
 53 of Law Enforcement shall, each year before February 1, shall 
 54 make a full accounting of all receipts and expenditures of such 
 55 funds to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House 
 56 of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of each 
 57 house of the Legislature, and the chairs of the appropriations 
 58 committees of each house of the Legislature. In the event that 
 59 the cumulative amount of funds collected exceeds the cumulative 
 60 amount of expenditures by more than $2.5 million, excess funds 
 61 may be used for the purpose of purchasing soft body armor for 
 62 law enforcement officers. 
 63 3. Requested, by means of a toll-free telephone call or 
 64 other electronic means, the Department of Law Enforcement to 
 65 conduct a check of the information as reported and reflected in 
 66 the Florida Crime Information Center and National Crime 
 67 Information Center systems as of the date of the request. 
 68 4. Received a unique approval number for that inquiry from 
 69 the Department of Law Enforcement, and recorded the date and 
 70 such number on the consent form. 
 71 (b) However, if the person purchasing, or receiving 
 72 delivery of, the firearm or ammunition is a holder of a valid 
 73 concealed weapons or firearms license pursuant to the provisions 
 74 of s. 790.06 or holds an active certification from the Criminal 
 75 Justice Standards and Training Commission as a “law enforcement 
 76 officer,” a “correctional officer,” or a “correctional probation 
 77 officer” as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7),