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type: "Bill"
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title: "Felony Battery"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 436"
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citation: "Florida SB 436 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-149"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leek"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-11-07"
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last_action: "2026-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77438478-adb1-4787-a445-de873a9dd843"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/436/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "aab3ddb98715b37ed833cc31876e6a7b4b17552c2df246fb0b4895f381bc8819"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 436 (2026) — Felony Battery
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-149.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 436 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/436/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 436 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/436/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 436 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/436/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 436 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/436/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **23–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice — primary (organization)
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- Criminal Justice — primary (organization)
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- Leek — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-12-01** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
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- **2026-01-12** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2026-01-13** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
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- **2026-01-14** Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
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- **2026-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
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- **2026-02-18** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2026-02-19** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2026-02-19** Now in Rules
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- **2026-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2026-02-19** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
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- **2026-02-24** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
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- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Immediately certified
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- **2026-02-26** In Messages
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- **2026-03-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2026-03-09** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
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- **2026-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-10** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-17** Chapter No. 2026-149
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77438478-adb1-4787-a445-de873a9dd843`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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