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HB 715 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to school and child care facility 2
emergency alerts; creating s. 784.072, F.S.; defining 3
terms; requiring a local law enforcement agency to 4
activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya 5
Alert to public and private schools and child care 6
facilities under certain circumstances; requiring 7
local law enforcement agencies to create and maintain 8
a list of such schools and facilities within their 9
jurisdictions; providing requirements for the 10
maintenance of such list; providing immunity from 11
civil liability to certain persons for damages for 12
complying in good faith with specified provisions; 13
providing a presumption of good faith; providing 14
construction; requiring the Department of Law 15
Enforcement, in cooperation with specified 16
departments, to activate the emergency alert system 17
and issue an Imminent Threat Alert at the request of a 18
local law enforcement agency under certain 19
circumstances; providing requirements for the issuance 20
of Imminent Threat Alerts; providing immunity from 21
civil liability to certain persons for damages for 22
complying in good faith with specified provisions; 23
providing a presumption of good faith; providing 24
construction; providing an effective date. 25

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 27
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Section 1. Section 784.072, Florida Statutes, is created 29
to read: 30
784.072 Notification of imminent threat to schools and 31
child care facilities or the public; Ya Ya Alert; Imminent 32
Threat Alert.— 33
(1) As used in this section, the term: 34
(a) "Child care facility" has the same meaning as in s. 35
402.302. 36
(b) "Imminent Threat Alert" means a notification issued 37
pursuant to subsection (3) which informs the public that an 38
imminent threat exists such that the lives and safety of people 39
are endangered, including, but not limited to, instances in 40
which a person suspected of killing or causing serious bodily 41
injury to another person or assaulting another person with a 42
deadly weapon has fled the scene of the offense. 43
(c) "Private school" has the same meaning as in s. 44
1002.01. 45
(d) "Ya Ya Alert" means a notification issued pursuant to 46
subsection (2) which informs public schools, private schools, 47
and child care facilities that an imminent threat exists, 48
including, but not limited to, instances in which a person 49
suspected of killing or causing serious bodily injury to another 50

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person or assaulting another person with a deadly weapon has 51
fled the scene of the offense, and which advises the schools and 52
facilities to lock their doors and encourages persons in those 53
schools and facilities to remain in lockdown and be vigilant in 54
watching for and reporting any suspicious activity. 55
(2)(a) If a local law enforcement agency that has 56
jurisdiction over the scene of an incident determines that the 57
scene gives rise to an imminent threat to the public, the agency 58
must activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert 59
to all public and private schools and child care facilities 60
within a 3-mile radius of the incident location and may activate 61
the system and issue the alert to any other public or private 62
school or child care facility the agency determines is at risk, 63
given its proximity to the incident, including an incident in 64
which all of the following conditions are satisfied: 65
1. A person has been killed or has suffered serious bodily 66
injury, or a person has been assaulted with a deadly weapon by 67
another person. 68
2. The person suspected of committing the offense has fled 69
the scene of the offense. 70
3. The law enforcement agency investigating the offense 71
has determined that the suspect poses an imminent threat to the 72
public safety. 73
(b) For purposes of complying with this subsection, each 74
local law enforcement agency shall create and maintain a list of 75

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all public schools, private schools, and child care facilities 76
within its jurisdiction. 77
(c) A public or private school or child care facility may 78
contact local law enforcement agencies to verify that it is 79
included on the list of those that will receive a Ya Ya Alert or 80
to register to be included on the list. A local law enforcement 81
agency must take a private s