Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 442
       
       
        
       By Senator Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00808-26                                             2026442__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to return of certain search warrants;
    3         amending s. 933.05, F.S.; extending the time period
    4         within which a search warrant issued for computers,
    5         computer systems, or electronic devices that are in
    6         the actual possession of a law enforcement agency at
    7         the time the warrant is issued must be returned to the
    8         court; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 933.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   13  read:
   14         933.05 Issuance in blank prohibited.—A search warrant
   15  cannot be issued except upon probable cause supported by
   16  affidavit or affidavits, naming or describing the person, place,
   17  or thing to be searched and particularly describing the property
   18  or thing to be seized; a no search warrant may not shall be
   19  issued in blank, and any such warrant must shall be returned
   20  within 10 days after issuance thereof, except that a search
   21  warrant issued for a computer, a computer system, or an
   22  electronic device, as those terms are defined in s. 815.03, that
   23  is in the actual possession of a law enforcement agency at the
   24  time such warrant is issued must shall be returned to the court
   25  within 365 45 days after issuance thereof.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.