Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 502
By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Wright
590-02024-26 2026502c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to concurrent legislative jurisdiction
3 over United States military installations; creating s.
4 250.0311, F.S.; accepting concurrent legislative
5 jurisdiction with the United States over delinquency
6 matters on United States military installations if
7 such matters meet certain criteria; establishing
8 circuit court jurisdiction over such matters;
9 providing an effective date.
10
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Section 250.0311, Florida Statutes, is created
14 to read:
15 250.0311 United States military installations; concurrent
16 legislative jurisdiction over delinquency matters.—
17 (1) This state accepts and shall exercise concurrent
18 legislative jurisdiction with the United States over matters
19 involving a child who has allegedly violated a federal law on a
20 United States military installation, but only if:
21 (a) The military installation is located within the
22 boundaries of this state.
23 (b) The United States Attorney or the United States
24 District Court for the applicable district in this state has
25 waived exclusive jurisdiction.
26 (c) The violation of federal law is also a crime under
27 state law.
28 (2) If concurrent legislative jurisdiction has been
29 established pursuant to subsection (1), the circuit court shall
30 have exclusive original jurisdiction over the matter in
31 accordance with chapter 985.
32 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.