Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 788
By the Committee on Infrastructure and Security; and Senator
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596-02231-20 2020788c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to emergency preparedness; creating s.
3 943.688, F.S.; requiring the Department of Law
4 Enforcement, in consultation with law enforcement
5 agencies throughout the state, to establish a uniform
6 statewide rule on preparing for and responding to
7 active assailant situations; providing minimum rule
8 requirements; requiring each law enforcement agency to
9 adopt an active assailant policy or rule, as
10 appropriate, by a specified date; requiring the
11 department to adopt rules; creating s. 1006.121, F.S.;
12 requiring certain district school boards to develop
13 and execute specified interlocal agreements with
14 certain law enforcement agencies, local fire
15 departments, and local emergency medical services
16 organizations for specified purposes; requiring the
17 State Board of Education, in consultation with the
18 State Fire Marshal and the department, to establish
19 rules; providing a declaration of important state
20 interest; providing effective dates.
21
22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
23
24 Section 1. Section 943.688, Florida Statutes, is created to
25 read:
26 943.688 Statewide active assailant response planning.—
27 (1) The department, in consultation with law enforcement
28 agencies throughout the state and considering the unique needs
29 of different geographic regions where those agencies are
30 located, shall establish a uniform statewide rule on minimum
31 standards and requirements for how each law enforcement agency
32 in the state must prepare and respond to active assailant
33 situations within their jurisdictions. At a minimum, the uniform
34 statewide rule must address all of the following:
35 (a) Detailed procedures for how to respond to a report of
36 an alleged active assailant.
37 (b) Detailed procedures for how communications and
38 notifications will be handled with all affected parties and the
39 media.
40 (c) Detailed procedures for who from the appropriate law
41 enforcement agency will respond and how they will do so. This
42 includes having a designated person and an alternate person who
43 have been trained or certified on how to handle active assailant
44 situations.
45 (d) Primary and alternate routes to potential targets
46 within each law enforcement agency’s jurisdiction.
47 (2) Each law enforcement agency in this state shall enact a
48 policy or rule, as appropriate, on active assailant preparedness
49 and response by no later than July 1, 2021. The policy or rule
50 enacted must, at a minimum, include the uniform statewide rule
51 that the department adopts under subsection (1).
52 (3) The department shall adopt rules to administer this
53 section.
54 Section 2. Effective July 1, 2020, section 1006.121,
55 Florida Statutes, is created to read:
56 1006.121 School district communication with first
57 responders.—
58 (1) The district school board of any school district that
59 has local law enforcement officers on school grounds pursuant to
60 s. 1006.12 must develop and execute an interlocal agreement with
61 the local sheriff’s office or other local law enforcement
62 agency, the local fire department, and the local emergency
63 medical services organization to create, at a minimum, all of
64 the following:
65 (a) Protocols to connect the school district to the
66 appropriate dispatch centers pursuant to s. 365.179.
67 (b) Protocols for proper communication between law
68 enforcement agencies, the local fire department, and the local
69 emergency medical services organization and the school district.
70 (c) Protocols to share resources relating to mental health
71 services.
72 (d) Protocols and requirements for joint recurrent training
73 of local law enforcement officers assigned to a school and the
74 law enforcement agency, the local fire department, and the local
75 emergency medical services organization.
76 (e) Protocols and requirements for interoperable
77 communication between the school district and the law
78 enforcement agency, the local fire department, and the local
79 emergency medical services organization.
80 (2) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
81 State Fire Marshal and the Department of Law Enforcement, shall
82 adopt rules to administer this section.
83 Section 3. The Legislature finds and declares that this act
84 fulfills an important state interest.
85 Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
86 act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law.