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type: "Bill"
title: "Security Services at Places of Worship"
description: "Security Services at Places of Worship; Providing an exemption from licensure requirements for certain volunteers who provide armed security services for places of worship, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Florida SB 52 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-46"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaetz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-09-16"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12b8b3d2-9a3a-4520-91ef-47edeff31940"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/52/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d80d8ba3ded777d535bf38615aea382bb565242ecb08d0c7bae9df8eb156cf43"
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 52 (2026) — Security Services at Places of Worship
Security Services at Places of Worship; Providing an exemption from licensure requirements for certain volunteers who provide armed security services for places of worship, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-46.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 52 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/52/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 52 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/52/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 52 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/52/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **80** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1111** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **230** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **90** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Criminal Justice — primary (organization)
- Gaetz — primary (person)
- Osgood — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-09-16** Filed `filing`
- **2025-10-06** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; 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 Judiciary
- **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-01-20** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Now in Rules
- **2026-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-03** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
- **2026-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Chapter No. 2026-46
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12b8b3d2-9a3a-4520-91ef-47edeff31940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).