Even with Trump's apparent support, civil forfeiture has proven odious to prominent members of both major political parties.
Additionally, Sessions supports civil forfeiture and has said that ending the program would be a "huge detriment to law enforcement".
At the White House, one Kentucky sheriff voiced frustration with Congress, where a push to amend the lack of due process in forfeiture laws has found some bipartisan support.
There is also growing support for reforming asset forfeiture laws that allow police to seize and keep the property of people suspected of committing drug law offenses without having to convict them or even charge them with a crime.
Grant Smith, deputy director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance, a nonprofit that has extensively studied the history and modern growth of civil asset forfeiture, said he hopes the broad support for Florida's law is a sign that momentum is building for reform.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky). said Wednesday that he won't vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as President Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general because of her support for laws allowing civil forfeiture of property.
Many Republicans in Congress, including Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, supported the 2015 reform limiting forfeiture.
There was always funding through asset forfeiture".
Self-described as the "world's largest medical marijuana dispensary," Harborside has managed to fight off forfeiture actions thus far, thanks in large part to support from the City of Oakland, but such legal actions are still pending.
Civil asset forfeiture has come under bipartisan criticism in recent years, and support for reform is growing at both the state and federal levels.
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