Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Summary
The proposal allows Florida judges to issue a summons or notice to appear rather than an arrest warrant for misdemeanor complaints when they reasonably expect the defendant to appear and no special pre‑trial conditions are needed. It also broadens police authority to arrest without a warrant for violations of protection orders, DUI, and boating‑under‑influence offenses, and adds new grounds for search warrants, such as blood samples in DUI cases and domestic‑violence incidents. The measure died in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee.
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