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type: "Bill"
title: "Return of Weapons and Arms Following an Arrest"
description: "Return of Weapons and Arms Following an Arrest; Requiring that weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms taken from a person pursuant to an arrest that are not either seized as evidence or seized and subject to forfeiture be returned to the person within a certain timeframe if specified conditions are met; authorizing a sheriff or chief of police to develop procedures to ensure the timely return of such weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms; deleting a requirement for an order of a trial court judge to return a pistol or firearm taken by an officer for a breach of the peace, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1286"
citation: "Florida SB 1286 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-61"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins", "Criminal Justice"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b712fbc8-235f-4aae-ac32-75c0b08b5714"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1286/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c73226c12e7c51ae0f04bdbc6ee2e1ed3fed365623af31d0f0fb8ef55c030882"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida SB 1286 (2024) — Return of Weapons and Arms Following an Arrest
Return of Weapons and Arms Following an Arrest; Requiring that weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms taken from a person pursuant to an arrest that are not either seized as evidence or seized and subject to forfeiture be returned to the person within a certain timeframe if specified conditions are met; authorizing a sheriff or chief of police to develop procedures to ensure the timely return of such weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms; deleting a requirement for an order of a trial court judge to return a pistol or firearm taken by an officer for a breach of the peace, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-61.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 1286 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1286/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1286 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1286/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1286 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1286/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 1286 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1286/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **124** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **328** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **53** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1101** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Collins — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/06/24, 11:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2024-02-06** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
- **2024-02-08** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2024-02-08** Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
- **2024-02-08** Remaining references corrected to Rules
- **2024-02-08** Now in Rules
- **2024-02-08** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2024-02-16** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/21/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-21** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/24
- **2024-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Amendment(s) adopted (703346)
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 32 NAYS 8 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Chapter No. 2024-61
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b712fbc8-235f-4aae-ac32-75c0b08b5714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).