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Florida bills · 2026 Regular Session

Florida SB 1202

Eyewitness Identification

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Florida legislature· summary

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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