republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/sb-436.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	chapter_law	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Felony Battery	Felony Battery; Revising the definition of “prison releasee reoffender” to include a defendant who commits or attempts to commit battery on a law enforcement officer which results in bodily injury; providing enhanced criminal penalties for persons who commit a second or subsequent battery after having a prior conviction for resisting an officer with violence, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2026	SB 436	Florida SB 436 (2026)	bill	(vetoed)	enacted	2026-149	Leek	4	33	5	2025-11-07	2026-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/77438478-adb1-4787-a445-de873a9dd843	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/436/ByCategory	aab3ddb98715b37ed833cc31876e6a7b4b17552c2df246fb0b4895f381bc8819	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 436 (2026) — Felony Battery

Felony Battery; Revising the definition of “prison releasee reoffender” to include a defendant who commits or attempts to commit battery on a law enforcement officer which results in bodily injury; providing enhanced criminal penalties for persons who commit a second or subsequent battery after having a prior conviction for resisting an officer with violence, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-149.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. S 436 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 436 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 436 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 436 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 110–1 (pass) · lower
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice — primary (organization)
• Criminal Justice — primary (organization)
• Leek — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-11-07 Filed filing
• 2025-12-01 Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules referral-committee
• 2026-01-05 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
• 2026-01-12 CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• 2026-01-13 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2026-01-13 Introduced introduction
• 2026-01-13 CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
• 2026-01-14 Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
• 2026-02-13 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
• 2026-02-18 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• 2026-02-19 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2026-02-19 Now in Rules
• 2026-02-19 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2026-02-19 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
• 2026-02-24 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2026-02-25 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
• 2026-02-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-26 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2026-02-26 Immediately certified
• 2026-02-26 In Messages
• 2026-03-09 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2026-03-09 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
• 2026-03-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-10 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 1 passage
• 2026-03-17 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-06-16 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-17 Chapter No. 2026-149

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77438478-adb1-4787-a445-de873a9dd843. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).