Florida · Senate Bill 1202 · 2026 Regular Session

Eyewitness Identification

SB 1202 Sponsored by Keith L. Truenow Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 6, 2026
  2. In committee Jan 12, 2026
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Eyewitness Identification; Revising eyewitness identification procedures; requiring a law enforcement officer to record, as completely as possible, an eyewitness’s description of the possible perpetrator of a crime and include the description in the offense report; providing that if facial recognition technology is used to identify a suspect, a lineup may not be conducted unless certain conditions are met; requiring a law enforcement officer or agency to make efforts to perform a lineup rather than use a show-up or a first-time-in-court identification, etc.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice · Senate Criminal Justice

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.