Reporting Lost or Stolen Firearms

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific penalties for non-compliance or enforcement mechanisms.

Reporting Lost or Stolen Firearms

This law requires individuals to report lost or stolen firearms to local police within two days and provide specific details about the firearm.

What This Bill Does

• Requires individuals who own or legally possess a firearm to report its loss or theft to the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where it occurred within 48 hours of knowing about it.
• Asks those reporting lost or stolen firearms to give information such as make, model, caliber, and serial number (if known) along with details on when and where the firearm was last seen.
• Mandates that local law enforcement agencies create an incident report after receiving a report of a lost or stolen firearm.
• Requires individuals who find their previously reported lost or stolen firearm to inform the police within 48 hours.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who own or legally possess firearms
• Local law enforcement agencies

Terms To Know

Serial number

A unique number assigned to a firearm by the manufacturer for identification.

Incident report

A document created by police that records details about an event or crime, such as a lost or stolen firearm.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if someone fails to report losing or stealing a firearm.
• It is unclear how the law will be enforced and what penalties might apply for non-compliance.

Official Summary Text

Reporting Lost or Stolen Firearms; Requiring individuals to report lost or stolen firearms to the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the loss or theft occurred within a specified timeframe; requiring such individuals to provide specified information to the local law enforcement agency; requiring the local law enforcement agency to create an incident report upon receiving a report of a lost or stolen firearm, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
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2026

SB 846

By
Senator Jones

34-00382-26 2026846__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to reporting lost or stolen firearms;
3 creating s. 790.402, F.S.; requiring individuals to
4 report lost or stolen firearms to the local law
5 enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the
6 loss or theft occurred within a specified timeframe;
7 requiring such individuals to provide specified
8 information to the local law enforcement agency;
9 requiring the local law enforcement agency to create
10 an incident report upon receiving a report of a lost
11 or stolen firearm; requiring an individual who
12 reported a firearm lost or stolen to notify the local
13 law enforcement agency to which the loss or theft was
14 reported within a specified timeframe if the firearm
15 is subsequently recovered; providing an effective
16 date.
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18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20 Section 1. Section 790.402, Florida Statutes, is created to
21 read:
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790.402
Reporting of lost or stolen firearms
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(1)

An individual who owns or lawfully possesses a firearm

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must report the loss or theft of the firearm to the local law

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enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the loss or

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theft occurred within 48 hours after the time that he or she

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knew or reasonably should have known that the firearm had been

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lost or stolen and provide to the local law enforcement agency

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the make, model, caliber, and serial number, if known, of the

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firearm and the date, time, place, and circumstances surrounding

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the last time the individual saw the firearm.

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(2)

Notwithstanding any other law, upon receiving a report

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of a lost or stolen firearm, the local law enforcement agency

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shall create an incident report and, upon request of the

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reporting individual, provide a copy of the report to the

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individual at no cost.

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(3)

An individual who has reported a firearm lost or stolen

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under subsection (1) and who subsequently recovers the firearm

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shall notify the local law enforcement agency to which the loss

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or theft was reported within 48 hours after the recovery.

41 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.