The measure is not guaranteed to make it to Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 desk. The Senate version (SB 1748)<\/a>, sponsored by Sen. Jay Trumbull, R-Panama City, has only passed in one of its three assigned committees. The session is scheduled to end a week from Friday.<\/p>\n The 75-29 vote in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday comes as Sig Sauer has spent more than $500,000 in contributions to more than 30 Republicans before the legislative session started, including $50,000 each to House Speaker Daniel Perez, Senate President Ben Albritton, and Rep. Wyman Duggan, R- Jacksonville, the House bill sponsor, as reported by Seeking Rents reporter Jason Garcia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jacksonville Republican Rep. Wyman Duggan on the floor of the House on March 5, 2026. (Photo by Mitch Perry)<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a recent but robust practice of tort reform efforts in this chamber over the last four years, and I see this legislation as another step in that process,\u201d Duggan said when asked by Democratic House Leader Fentrice Driskell what he considered the \u201ccompelling policy reason\u201d for his bill.<\/p>\n Among the law enforcement agencies that have stopped using the Sig Sauer P320 is the Indian River County Sheriff\u2019s Department, after deputy Zachary Seldes was severely injured when his P320 discharged without the trigger being pulled. He has filed a lawsuit<\/a> against the company.<\/p>\n Rep. Robin Bartleman, D-Weston, noted similar misfires with the Sig Sauer P320 have taken place at several law enforcement agencies<\/a> across Florida in recent years.<\/p>\n \u201cIf this law was in place at the time of their injuries, the law enforcement officers and the gun owners of America would have been subject to life threatening injuries, long-term hospitalizations, disability, and more, and would have had no recourse against the company that manufactured the gun who injured them,\u201d she said. \u201cWhy are we doing this?\u201d<\/p>\n Rep. Kevin Chambliss, D-Homestead, said the Florida Legislature historically takes pride in standing up for law enforcement, and that he didn\u2019t understand why that wasn\u2019t the case in this situation.<\/p>\n \u201cI get it. There are technical issues about whether, \u2018Is it the safety or \u2014 here\u2019s my question. Does it put law enforcement officers in danger, yes or no? What I am telling you, ladies and gentlemen, is that this bill does.\u201d<\/p>\n Driskell said the bill shielded gun manufacturers from accountability when people are killed or injured by intentional design choices. \u201cThat\u2019s not tort reform. That\u2019s a manufacturer get-out-of-jail-free card, written into Florida statute,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The bill would apply to causes of action filed after its effective date, upon being signed into law. That\u2019s important because it would mean Seldes would be able to continue his lawsuit against Sig Sauer.<\/p>\n![\"Jacksonville](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2e724c92e476843f01fdd5aed3375d2b.jpeg\"\/)
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