Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 788
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/15/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Infrastructure and Security (Book) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 18 - 41
    4  and insert:
    5         943.688 Statewide active assailant response planning.—
    6         (1) The department, in consultation with law enforcement
    7  agencies throughout the state and considering the unique needs
    8  of different geographic regions where those agencies are
    9  located, shall establish a uniform statewide rule on minimum
   10  standards and requirements for how each law enforcement agency
   11  in the state must prepare and respond to active assailant
   12  situations within their jurisdictions. At a minimum, the uniform
   13  statewide rule must address all of the following:
   14         (a) Detailed procedures for how to respond to a report of
   15  an alleged active assailant.
   16         (b) Detailed procedures for how communications and
   17  notifications will be handled with all affected parties and the
   18  media.
   19         (c) Detailed procedures for who from the appropriate law
   20  enforcement agency will respond and how they will do so. This
   21  includes having a designated person and an alternate person who
   22  have been trained or certified on how to handle active assailant
   23  situations.
   24         (d) Primary and alternate routes to potential targets
   25  within each law enforcement agency’s jurisdiction.
   26         (2) Each law enforcement agency in this state shall enact a
   27  policy or rule, as appropriate, on active assailant preparedness
   28  and response by no later than July 1, 2021. The policy or
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31  And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete lines 2 - 9
   33  and insert:
   34         An act relating to statewide active assailant response
   35         planning; creating s. 943.688, F.S.; requiring the
   36         Department of Law Enforcement, in consultation with
   37         law enforcement agencies throughout the state, to
   38         establish a uniform statewide rule on preparing for
   39         and responding to active assailant situations;
   40         providing minimum rule requirements; requiring each
   41         law enforcement agency to adopt an active assailant
   42         policy or rule, as