HB 1103 Summary

• Expands firearm possession prohibitions to include persons subject to temporary or final injunctions for domestic violence, stalking, cyberstalking, repeat violence, dating violence, or sexual violence, with violations constituting a first-degree misdemeanor.

• Creates new statute requiring law enforcement officers to take temporary custody of firearms at domestic violence, stalking, cyberstalking, or repeat/dating/sexual violence scenes when probable cause exists and firearms are in plain view or discovered during lawful search.

• Establishes 14-day deadline for firearm owners to retake possession of seized firearms after case conclusion, unless court orders permanent surrender under firearm possession prohibitions.

• Specifies that texting constitutes a violation of domestic violence injunctions and foreign protection orders under Florida law.

• Effective date of July 1, 2017.