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type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions"
description: "Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions; Reclassifying penalties for committing a domestic violence offense if a person has a prior conviction for domestic violence; providing that sentencing and incentive gain-time eligibility determinations are made without regard to a penalty enhancement; establishing an electronic monitoring pilot program in a specified county; requiring the sheriff, in consultation with certain persons, to design and implement the pilot program; providing requirements for the pilot program; requiring the Department of Corrections to complete an evaluation and provide specified reports to the Legislature; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to enter injunctions against dating violence and sexual violence into a statewide verification system, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Florida HB 277 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations", "insurance", "railroads and other regulated utilities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-86"
primary_sponsors: ["Nix", "Tendrich"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-10-28"
last_action: "2026-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d36ec16d-21e8-418d-ac0f-eeb18fb18749"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/277/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7e3ffed69b5bf4fa363328d8b1e101ae52063e95102c69633f50efb22559ba24"
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 HB 277 (2026) — Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions
Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions; Reclassifying penalties for committing a domestic violence offense if a person has a prior conviction for domestic violence; providing that sentencing and incentive gain-time eligibility determinations are made without regard to a penalty enhancement; establishing an electronic monitoring pilot program in a specified county; requiring the sheriff, in consultation with certain persons, to design and implement the pilot program; providing requirements for the pilot program; requiring the Department of Corrections to complete an evaluation and provide specified reports to the Legislature; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to enter injunctions against dating violence and sexual violence into a statewide verification system, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-86.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 277 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/277/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 277 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/277/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 277 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/277/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 277 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/277/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 277 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/277/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Budget Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **370** (pass) · upper
- Cosponsorship, Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Nix — primary (person)
- Tendrich — primary (person)
- Abbott — cosponsor (person)
- Albert — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarez, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarez, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Antone — cosponsor (person)
- Aristide — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benarroch — cosponsor (person)
- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Booth — cosponsor (person)
- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Boyles — cosponsor (person)
- Brackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brannan — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Busatta — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Conerly — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
- Duggan — cosponsor (person)
- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
- Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Esposito — cosponsor (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Gantt — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gentry — cosponsor (person)
- Gerwig — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzalez Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Greco — cosponsor (person)
- Griffitts — cosponsor (person)
- Grow — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hart-Lowman — cosponsor (person)
- Hinson — cosponsor (person)
- Hodgers — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kendall — cosponsor (person)
- Kincart Jonsson — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Oliver — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Partington — cosponsor (person)
- Persons-Mulicka — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — cosponsor (person)
- Rayner — cosponsor (person)
- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sapp — cosponsor (person)
- Shoaf — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Spencer — cosponsor (person)
- Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberger — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-10-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-04** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-04** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-04** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-04** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-04** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-28** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-01-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-12** Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-16** Favorable by Justice Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-16** Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-16** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-24** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-02-26** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Amendment 332751 adopted
- **2026-03-04** Amendment 280643 adopted
- **2026-03-04** Amendment 827019 adopted
- **2026-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** In Messages
- **2026-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 682
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** In Messages
- **2026-03-09** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Chapter No. 2026-86
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d36ec16d-21e8-418d-ac0f-eeb18fb18749`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).