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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to victims of domestic violence and 2
dating violence; providing definitions; requiring the 3
Division of Telecommunications within the Department 4
of Management Services to consult with certain 5
entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a 6
specified alert system; providing requirements for 7
such alert system; requiring the division to report to 8
the Legislature the results of the feasibility study 9
by a specified date; amending s. 741.401, F.S.; 10
revising legislative findings to include victims of 11
dating violence; amending s. 741.402, F.S.; defining 12
the term "dating violence"; amending s. 741.403, F.S.; 13
authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to 14
participate in the Attorney General's address 15
confidentiality program; amending ss. 741.408, 16
741.4651, and 960.001, F.S.; conforming provisions to 17
changes made by the act; providing an effective date. 18
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 20
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Section 1. Domestic and dating violence 911 alert system 22
feasibility study.— 23
(1) As used in this section, the term: 24
(a) "Division" means the Division of Telecommunications 25

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within the Department of Management Services. 26
(b) "Enhanced 911" has the same meaning as in s. 27
365.172(3), Florida Statutes. 28
(c) "Next Generation 911" has the same meaning as in s. 29
365.172(3), Florida Statutes. 30
(d) "Public safety agency" has the same meaning as in s. 31
365.172(3), Florida Statutes. 32
(e) "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" has the same 33
meaning as in s. 365.172(3), Florida Statutes. 34
(2) The division shall consult with enhanced 911 and Next 35
Generation 911 service providers; state, county, and municipal 36
PSAPs; and state and local public safety agencies to conduct a 37
feasibility study regarding the creation of a web-based 911 38
alert system for use by victims of domestic violence and dating 39
violence which is capable of: 40
(a) Ensuring real-time data-sharing between PSAPs and law 41
enforcement agencies. 42
(b) Creating a unique telephone number for each user which 43
will connect the user to a PSAP. 44
(c) Creating a user-generated numerical code or phrase 45
that can be used by the user after contacting a PSAP and that 46
indicates the user's need for immediate law enforcement 47
assistance. 48
(d) Transmitting specified data to law enforcement 49
agencies when a user calls from his or her unique telephone 50

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number and enters his or her numerical code or phrase. 51
(3) By January 31, 2027, the division shall report to the 52
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 53
Representatives the results of the feasibility study. 54
Section 2. Section 741.401, Florida Statutes, is amended 55
to read: 56
741.401 Legislative findings; purpose.—The Legislature 57
finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or 58
threatened domestic violence or dating violence frequently 59
establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or 60
probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of ss. 61
741.401-741.409 is to enable state and local agencies to respond 62
to requests for public records without disclosing the location 63
of a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, to enable 64
interagency cooperation with the Attorney General in providing 65
address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence and 66
dating violence, and to enable state and local agencies to 67
accept a program participant's use of an address designated by 68
the Attorney General as a substitute mailing address. 69
Section 3. Section 741.402, Florida Statutes, is amended 70
to read: 71
741.402 Definitions; ss. 741.401-741.409.—Unless the 72
context clearly requires otherwise, as used in ss. 741.401-73
741.409, the term: 74
(1) "Address" means a residential street address, school 75

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address, or work address of an individual, as specified on the 76
individual's application to be a program participant under ss. 77
741.401-741.409. 78
(2) "Dating violence" means any assault, aggravated 79
assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual 80
battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false 81
imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical 82
injury or death, or the threat of any such act