Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S32: Injunctions for Protection
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Defining the terms "serious violence by a known person" and "serious bodily injury"; creating a cause of action for an injunction for protection in cases of serious violence by a known person; prohibiting the clerk of the court from assessing a fee for the filing of such injunction for protection; requiring the clerk of the court to electronically transmit copies of specified documents within a certain timeframe after a court issues such injunction for protection; requiring law enforcement officers to accept a certified copy of such injunction for protection from the petitioner and immediately serve it upon a respondent, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to injunctions for protection; amending s. 784.046, F.S.; defining the terms âserious violence by a known personâ and âserious bodily injuryâ; creating a cause of action for an injunction for protection in cases of serious violence by a known person; specifying the persons who have standing to file such injunction for protection in circuit court if specified conditions are met; prohibiting the clerk of the court from assessing a fee for the filing of such injunction for protection…
From the introduced text, November 19, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to injunctions for protection; amending s. 784.046, F.S.; defining the terms âserious violence by a known personâ and âserious bodily injuryâ; creating a cause of action for an injunction for protection in cases of serious violence by a known person; specifying the persons who have standing to file such injunction for protection in circuit court if specified conditions are met; prohibiting the clerk of the court from assessing a fee for the filing of such injunction for protection; requiring the clerk of the court to provide the petitioner with a certified copy of such injunction for protection; providing requirements for such petition for injunction for protection; providing requirements for a temporary or final judgment on such injunction for protection; requiring the clerk of the court to electronically transmit copies of specified documents within a certain timeframe after a court issues such injunction for protection; requiring law enforcement officers to accept a certified copy of such injunction for protection from the petitioner and immediately serve it upon a respondent; providing requirements for inclusion of such injunction for protection in a specified statewide communication system; requiring that a respondent be held in custody if he or she is arrested for committing an act of serious violence by a known person in violation of an …