Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

SB 234: Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel

Third Reading · April 3, 2025 · Yeas 37, nays 0

What the bill does

The bill, named the Officer Jason Raynor Act, revises a prohibition on the use or threatened use of force to resist arrest or detention, defines the term acting in good faith, provides enhanced punishment for manslaughter committed against specified officers, and revises provisions on assault or battery upon specified officers and other personnel, among other changes.

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The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel: Citing this act as the “Officer Jason Raynor Act”; revising a prohibition on the use or threatened use of force to resist arrest or detention; defining the term “acting in good faith”; providing for enhanced punishment for manslaughter when committed against specified officers; revising provisions concerning assault or battery upon specified officers and other personnel, etc.

Official source ↗

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 10 · Nay 0
Republicans
Yea 26 · Nay 0 · Not voting 1
No party
Yea 1 · Nay 0

Senate President Ben Albritton voted yea.

Bill
SB 234
Motion
Third Reading
Date
April 3, 2025, 09:15 AM
Session
2025 Regular Session
Presiding
Brodeur
Yeas–nays
Yeas 37, nays 0; 1 didn't vote (1 excused, 0 abstained)

Official vote record (PDF) ↗
The bill on flsenate.gov ↗

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted

Yea (37)

Excused (1)