The Florida Senate

SB 1202: Eyewitness Identification

GENERAL BILL by Truenow

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.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/6/2026	Senate	• Filed

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• SB 1202, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/6/2026 at 12:47 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 875	Eyewitness Identification	Koster	Similar	Last Action: 1/5/2026 H Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  92.70	Eyewitness identification.	Page 2 (pdf)

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