Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 442
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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02/18/2026 .
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The Committee on Rules (Yarborough) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (6) is added to section 933.02,
6 Florida Statutes, to read:
7 933.02 Grounds for issuance of search warrant.—Upon proper
8 affidavits being made, a search warrant may be issued under the
9 provisions of this chapter upon any of the following grounds:
10 (6) To recover a deceased body.
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12 This section also applies to any papers or documents used as a
13 means of or in aid of the commission of any offense against the
14 laws of the state.
15 Section 2. Section 933.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to
16 read:
17 933.05 Issuance and return of search warrants; issuance in
18 blank prohibited.—
19 (1) A search warrant cannot be issued except upon probable
20 cause supported by affidavit or affidavits, naming or describing
21 the person, place, or thing to be searched and particularly
22 describing the property or thing to be seized. A ;no search
23 warrant may not shall be issued in blank.
24 (2) A search, and any such warrant must shall be returned
25 within 10 days after issuance, not including the date of
26 issuance thereof, except that a search warrant issued:
27 (a) To an out-of-state provider for electronic
28 communications data as described in s. 934.23 must be returned
29 within 20 days.
30 (b) To search for and seize specimens from a specific
31 person for DNA analysis and comparison, including blood and
32 saliva samples, or to seize specimens pursuant to s. 943.325 for
33 entry into the DNA database must be returned within 30 days.
34 (c) For a computer, a computer system, or an electronic
35 device must be returned within 365 days, as those terms are
36 defined in s. 815.03, that is in the actual possession of a law
37 enforcement agency at the time such warrant is issued shall be
38 returned to the court within 45 days after issuance thereof.
39 (3) If a search warrant is issued to search for and seize
40 data or information contained in a computer, computer system, or
41 electronic device, such warrant is considered timely executed if
42 the computer, computer system, or electronic device was seized
43 by a law enforcement agency within 10 days of the issuance of
44 the search warrant, not including the date of issuance.
45 (4) This section does not require a law enforcement agency
46 to complete the analysis or review of data or information
47 contained in a computer, computer system, or electronic device
48 within the period provided in subsection (2) if such computer,
49 computer system, or electronic device was timely seized by a law
50 enforcement agency under subsection (3).
51 (5) For purposes of this section, the terms “computer,”
52 “computer system,” and “electronic device” have the same meaning
53 as in s. 815.03.
54 Section 3. Subsection (5) is added to section 933.07,
55 Florida Statutes, and subsection (1) of that section is
56 republished, to read:
57 933.07 Issuance of search warrants.—
58 (1) The judge, upon examination of the application and
59 proofs submitted, if satisfied that probable cause exists for
60 the issuing of the search warrant, shall thereupon issue a
61 search warrant signed by him or her with his or her name of
62 office, to any sheriff and the sheriff’s deputies or any police
63 officer or other person authorized by law to execute process,
64 commanding the officer or person forthwith to search the
65 property described in the warrant or the person named, for the
66 property specified, and to bring the property and any person
67 arrested in connection therewith before the judge or some other
68 court having jurisdiction of the offense.
69 (5) A judge may authorize a law enforcement officer
70 applying for a search warrant under subsection (1) to appear
71 remotely using audio-video communication technology. As used in
72 this section, the term “audio-video communication technology”
73 has the same meaning as in s. 117.201.
74 Section 4. Section 934.025, Florida Statutes, is created to
75 read:
76 934.025 Search warrants and court orders; remote appearance
77 authorized.—A judge may authorize a law enforcement officer
78 applying for a search warrant or court order pursuant to this
79 chapter to appear remotely using audio-video communication
80 technology. As used in this section, the term “audio-video
81 communication technology” has the same meaning as in s. 117.201.
82 Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
83 934.50, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
84 934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone.—
85 (4) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not prohibit the use of a
86 drone:
87 (b) If the law enforcement agency first obtains a search
88 warrant signed by a judge authorizing the use of a drone,
89 including, but not limited to, a search warrant authorizing a
90 law enforcement agency to search an area or areas where evidence
91 that a crime was committed might reasonably be found.
92 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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94 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
95 And the title is amended as follows:
96 Delete everything before the enacting clause
97 and insert:
98 A bill to be entitled
99 An act relating to search warrants; amending s.
100 933.02, F.S.; authorizing a search warrant to be
101 issued to recover a deceased body; amending s. 933.05,
102 F.S.; revising the time within which certain search
103 warrants must be returned to the court; specifying the
104 time period within which a search warrant issued for
105 certain devices is considered timely executed;
106 specifying that a law enforcement agency may review
107 data or information contained in certain devices after
108 specified periods if the devices were timely seized;
109 providing definitions; amending s. 933.07, F.S.;
110 providing that a judge may authorize a law enforcement
111 officer applying for a search warrant to appear
112 remotely; defining the term “audio-video communication
113 technology”; creating s. 934.025, F.S.; providing that
114 a judge may authorize a law enforcement officer
115 applying for a search warrant or court order to appear
116 remotely; defining the term “audio-video communication
117 technology”; amending s. 934.50, F.S.; authorizing a
118 law enforcement agency to obtain a search warrant to
119 use a drone to conduct a search in certain
120 circumstances; providing an effective date.