Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S858: Protective Injunctions and Protection Orders
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requiring a respondent to surrender to the local law enforcement agency all firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm after the issuance of a final judgment on an injunction for protection against domestic violence; providing for return of firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm when a protective injunction is vacated, terminated, or otherwise rendered no longer effective; revising the criminal penalty for a second or subsequent violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violence or a foreign protection order, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to protective injunctions and protection orders; amending s. 741.30, F.S.; requiring a respondent to surrender to the local law enforcement agency all firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm after the issuance of a final judgment on an injunction for protection against domestic violence; providing for the surrender and storage of firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm after issuance of a protective injunction; requiring law enforcement agencies to develop certain policies and procedures…
From the introduced text, December 10, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to protective injunctions and protection orders; amending s. 741.30, F.S.; requiring a respondent to surrender to the local law enforcement agency all firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm after the issuance of a final judgment on an injunction for protection against domestic violence; providing for the surrender and storage of firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm after issuance of a protective injunction; requiring law enforcement agencies to develop certain policies and procedures; providing for return of firearms, ammunition, and licenses to carry a concealed weapon or firearm when a protective injunction is vacated, terminated, or otherwise rendered no longer effective; authorizing a respondent to elect to transfer all firearms and ammunition surrendered or seized by a law enforcement agency to another person under certain circumstances; amending s. 741.31, F.S.; revising the criminal penalty for a second or subsequent violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violence or a foreign protection order; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Present subsections (9) and (10) of section 741.30, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (10) and (11), respectively, a new subsection (9) is added to that section, and paragraph (g) of subsection (6) …