Florida · Senate Bill 616 · 2026 Regular Session

Florida Highway Patrol Body Camera Use

SB 616 Sponsored by Carlos Guillermo Smith Died in committee

  1. Introduced Nov 20, 2025
  2. In committee Dec 9, 2025
  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.

Florida Highway Patrol Body Camera Use; Requiring members of the Florida Highway Patrol to wear a functioning body camera under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to adopt certain policies and procedures, ensure compliance with certain public records and retention requirements, and provide certain training; providing that an officer who does not comply with certain requirements, policies, and procedures may be subject to disciplinary action, etc. APPROPRIATION: $2,000,000

Every action

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

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

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.