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Introduced Session

An act relating to arrest and search warrants; amending s. 901.02, F.S.; authorizing a judge to issue an arrest warrant or issue a summons or a notice to appear in lieu of an arrest warrant under specified circumstances if a complaint alleges only the commission of a misdemeanor offense; amending s. 901.09, F.S.; authorizing, rather than requiring, a trial court judge to issue a summons under specified circumstances when a complaint is for a misdemeanor that the trial court judge is not empowered to try summarily; amending s. 901.15, F.S.; expanding the circumstances under which an arrest by an officer without a warrant is lawful to include when there is probable cause to believe that a person has committed a criminal act in violation of an injunction for protection against stalking or cyberstalking or has committed an act that constitutes driving under the influence or boating under the influence; amending s. 933.02, F.S.; expanding the circumstances under which a search warrant may be issued to include when a sample of the blood of a person or other property constitutes evidence of driving under the influence or boating under the influence, when the laws in relation to domestic violence are violated in any particular building or place, and when the laws in relation to any misdemeanor crime that involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against an individual are violated; reenacting s. 901.1501(2) and (3), F.S., relating to immediate arrest of a person with a significant medical condition, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 901.02 and 901.15, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 20.165(9)(b), 39.504(5), 321.05(1), 570.65(2), 741.30(6)(d), and 784.0485(6)(c) and (9)(b), F.S., relating to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; enforcement of certain injunctions; duties, functions, and powers of patrol officers; law enforcement officers of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; enforcement of domestic violence injunctions; and enforcement of stalking injunctions; respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 901.15, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

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Jonathan Martin (R)*, 

Now in Judiciary (on 01/21/2026)

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