Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

SB 156: Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel

Passage / Third Reading · March 11, 2026 · Yeas 103, nays 8

What the bill does

The bill, named the Officer Jason Raynor Act, revises a ban on using or threatening force to resist arrest or detention and provides enhanced punishment for manslaughter against specified officers. It revises provisions on assault or battery upon specified officers and other personnel and on resisting, obstructing or opposing specified officers or legally authorized persons, 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; providing for enhanced punishment for manslaughter when committed against specified officers; revising provisions concerning assault or battery upon specified officers and other personnel; revising a provision concerning resisting, obstructing, or opposing specified officers or legally authorized persons, etc.

Official source ↗

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 20 · Nay 8 · Not voting 5
Republicans
Yea 83 · Nay 0 · Not voting 1

Speaker Daniel Perez voted yea.

Bill

Bill
CS/SB 156
Motion
Passage / Third Reading
Date
March 11, 2026, 11:24 AM
Session
2026 Regular Session
Presiding
Duggan
Yeas–nays
Yeas 103, nays 8; 6 didn't vote (0 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 (103)

Nay (8)

Not voting (6)