Florida HB 1427: Wakulla County

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HB 1427 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public safety; amending s. 365.171, 2
F.S.; revising legislative intent relating to 911 3
systems; requiring each county, and every public 4
agency within such county, to provide specified 911, 5
emergency call, and dispatch services from a 6
centralized 911 call center operated by the county or 7
a regional entity as decided by specified boards; 8
requiring state funds for emergency services be 9
redirected to each county that operates such centers; 10
prohibiting certain counties from receiving state 11
funds; requiring the board of county commissioners of 12
each county to convene a specified board within a 13
certain time period; providing membership requirements 14
of such board; requiring the board to decide by a 15
unanimous vote the entity for the county that will 16
operate its centralized 911 call center and funding 17
for such entity; prohibiting funding from exceeding a 18
specified dollar amount; requiring a certain board of 19
county commissioners to convene a specified board 20
within a certain time period in order for the county 21
to establish a regional centralized 911 call center; 22
providing membership requirements of such board; 23
requiring the responsibilities and requirements of the 24
board to be identical to another board; requiring the 25

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board to decide by a unanimous vote the entity for the 26
region that will operate its centralized 911 call 27
center and funding for such entity; prohibiting 28
funding from exceeding a specified dollar amount 29
unless agreed to by a specified vote of the board; 30
requiring certain counties to convene a specified 31
board for a specific purpose; providing 32
responsibilities of specified boards following the 33
establishment of a centralized 911 call center; 34
providing membership composition of such boards; 35
requiring an entity that operates a centralized 911 36
call center to maintain its headquarters in a 37
specified location for a specific purpose; authorizing 38
the entity an alternate locations in certain 39
circumstances; providing the sheriff shall be deemed 40
the entity to provide 911, emergency call, and 41
dispatch services in a county in certain 42
circumstances; requiring all existing 911 operations 43
within such county to be integrated under the sheriff 44
and every public agency within such county to 45
participate; requiring state funds to be redirected to 46
the sheriff for a specified purpose; prohibiting 47
certain expenditures from being included in the 48
sheriff's budget; prohibiting entities from 49
transferring certain emergency calls; requiring 50

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entities to maintain interoperability with other 51
emergency communications centers; requiring such 52
entities to maintain certain cybersecurity standards; 53
requiring vendors of certain systems to provide, at no 54
additional cost, specified capabilities to 911 call 55
centers; prohibiting such vendors from imposing any 56
additional licensing or integration fee for any system 57
that enables integration of systems used by 911 call 58
centers; requiring every 911 call center and public 59
safety answering point, and any related system, to be 60
deemed critical infrastructure; providing definitions; 61
requiring specified boards or the sheriff to make a 62
certain certification in writing to the office by 63
specified dates; providing a reporting requirement; 64
providing penalties for noncompliance; providing an 65
effective date. 66
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 68
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Section 1. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 365.171, 70
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 71
365.171 Emergency communications state plan.— 72
(2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—It is the intent of the 73
Legislature that the communications number "911" be the 74
designated emergency communications number. A public safety 75

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agency may not advertise or otherwise promote the use of any 76
communications number for emergency response services other than 77
"911." It is further the intent of the Legislature to implement 78
and continually update a cohesive statewide emergency 79
communications plan for enhanced 911 services which will provide 80
citizens with rapid direct access to public safety agencies by 81
accessing "911" with the objective of reducing the response time 82
to s