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| Bill | Search Warrants | Search Warrants; Authorizes search warrant to be issued to recover deceased body; revises time within which certain search warrants must be returned to court; specifies time period within which search warrant issued for certain devices is considered timely executed; specifies that law enforcement agency may review data or information contained in certain devices after specified periods if devices were timely seized; provides that judge may authorize law enforcement officer applying for search warrant to appear remotely; provides that judge may authorize law enforcement officer applying for search warrant or court order to appear remotely; defines "audio-video communication technology"; authorizes law enforcement agency to obtain search warrant to use drone to conduct search in certain circumstances. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 359 | Florida HB 359 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-177 |
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4 | 37 | 4 | 2025-11-05 | 2026-06-29 | openstates | ocd-bill/fb52fb2d-1364-4dfd-9c4b-17a6b7261c0f | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/359/ByCategory | 09e9089523666d65f0f5930a5a1349579c7d09d66e0dd93d1c3a94bae430946e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 359 (2026) — Search Warrants
Search Warrants; Authorizes search warrant to be issued to recover deceased body; revises time within which certain search warrants must be returned to court; specifies time period within which search warrant issued for certain devices is considered timely executed; specifies that law enforcement agency may review data or information contained in certain devices after specified periods if devices were timely seized; provides that judge may authorize law enforcement officer applying for search warrant to appear remotely; provides that judge may authorize law enforcement officer applying for search warrant or court order to appear remotely; defines "audio-video communication technology"; authorizes law enforcement agency to obtain search warrant to use drone to conduct search in certain circumstances.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-177.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 359 Filed (filed) — source
- H 359 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 359 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 359 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Judiciary Committee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Gottlieb — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Shoaf — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-11-05 Filed
filing - 2025-11-18 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-11-18 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2025-11-18 Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- 2025-11-24 Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- 2025-12-02 Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-12-02 Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- 2025-12-02 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2026-01-30 PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2026-02-03 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-03 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2026-02-03 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-03 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-04 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-02-04 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- 2026-02-25 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Amendment 213119 adopted
- 2026-02-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-02-25 In Messages
- 2026-02-26 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Received
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2026-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-03-04 Substituted for CS/SB 442
- 2026-03-04 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-05 In Messages
- 2026-03-05 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-06-15 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-26 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-06-29 Chapter No. 2026-177
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb52fb2d-1364-4dfd-9c4b-17a6b7261c0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).