SB2508 • 2026

State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System

Budget Taxes

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Appropriations
Last action: 2026-03-13
Official status: House - Died in Messages
Effective date: Upon becom

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation includes details about providing technical assistance to state agencies and local law enforcement with their regional communications systems, which is mentioned in the summary text but not elaborated upon. The exact nature of this assistance remains unclear from the provided official source material.

State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System

The bill extends the funding for a radio system used by state and local law enforcement agencies through surcharges.

What This Bill Does

Extends the expiration date of provisions that allow surcharges to fund the State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System.
Requires revenue from these surcharges to be deposited into a trust fund managed by the Department of Management Services.
Allows the Department of Management Services to use funds for managing and improving the radio system.

Who It Names or Affects

State and local law enforcement agencies

Terms To Know

Surcharges: Additional fees paid by individuals for certain criminal offenses or traffic violations.
Trust Fund: A fund managed by a government agency to hold money for specific purposes, in this case, the State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much funding will be available.
It is unclear what happens if the radio system needs more funds than expected.

Bill History

2026-03-13 House
• Died in Messages
2026-02-20 Senate
• Read 2nd time -SJ 415 • Read 3rd time -SJ 415 • Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 415 • The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference -SJ 415 • Immediately certified -SJ 419
2026-02-20 House
• In Messages
2026-02-19 Senate
• Introduced
2026-02-18 Senate
• Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 • Filed • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
2026-02-13 Senate
• Submitted for consideration by Appropriations • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

Official Summary Text

State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System; Abrogating the scheduled expiration of provisions relating to the remission of surcharges for specified criminal offenses and noncriminal moving traffic violations to the Department of Revenue to fund the state agency law enforcement radio system and to provide technical assistance with respect to statewide systems of regional law enforcement communications, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Florida Senate
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2026

SB 2508

By
the Committee on Appropriations

576-02998-26 20262508__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the state agency law enforcement
3 radio system; amending ss. 318.18 and 318.21, F.S.;
4 abrogating the scheduled expiration of provisions
5 relating to the remission of surcharges for specified
6 criminal offenses and noncriminal moving traffic
7 violations to the Department of Revenue to fund the
8 state agency law enforcement radio system and to
9 provide technical assistance with respect to statewide
10 systems of regional law enforcement communications;
11 providing an effective date.
12
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
14
15 Section 1. Subsection (18) of section 318.18, Florida
16 Statutes, is amended to read:
17 318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a
18 noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal
19 offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
20 (18) In addition to any penalties imposed, a surcharge of
21 $3 must be paid for all criminal offenses listed in s. 318.17
22 and for all noncriminal moving traffic violations under chapter
23 316. Revenue from the surcharge shall be remitted to the
24 Department of Revenue and deposited quarterly into the State
25 Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund of the Department
26 of Management Services for the state agency law enforcement
27 radio system, as described in s. 282.709, and to provide
28 technical assistance to state agencies and local law enforcement
29 agencies with their statewide systems of regional law
30 enforcement communications, as described in s. 282.7101.
This

31
subsection expires July 1, 2026.
The Department of Management
32 Services may retain funds sufficient to recover the costs and
33 expenses incurred for managing, administering, and overseeing
34 the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System, and providing
35 technical assistance to state agencies and local law enforcement
36 agencies with their statewide systems of regional law
37 enforcement communications. The Department of Management
38 Services working in conjunction with the Joint Task Force on
39 State Agency Law Enforcement Communications shall determine and
40 direct the purposes for which these funds are used to enhance
41 and improve the radio system.
42 Section 2. Subsection (17) of section 318.21, Florida
43 Statutes, is amended to read:
44 318.21 Disposition of civil penalties by county courts.—All
45 civil penalties received by a county court pursuant to the
46 provisions of this chapter shall be distributed and paid monthly
47 as follows:
48 (17) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the proceeds
49 from the administrative fee imposed under s. 318.18(18) shall be
50 distributed as provided in that subsection.
This subsection

51
expires July 1, 2026.

52 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.