Florida SB 1734: Juvenile Justice

Bill Text

1734 
Juvenile Justice 
2026-02-16T11:13:34Z 
Authorizing the Governor to award a Medal of Heroism to juvenile detention and juvenile probation officers; authorizing certain entities to establish an award program to award a Medal of Valor to a juvenile detention officer or probation officer in certain circumstances; revising the definition of the term “officer” to include juvenile detention and juvenile probation officers; requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to review county juvenile detention payments for a certain purpose, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1734 

 By the Committee on Fiscal Policy; and Senator Martin 

 594-02802-26 20261734c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to juvenile justice; amending s. 
 3 14.33, F.S.; authorizing the Governor to award a Medal 
 4 of Heroism to juvenile detention and juvenile 
 5 probation officers; amending ss. 112.19 and 112.193, 
 6 F.S.; revising the definition of the term “law 
 7 enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation 
 8 officer” to include juvenile detention and juvenile 
 9 probation officers; amending s. 112.194, F.S.; 
 10 authorizing certain entities to establish an award 
 11 program to award a Medal of Valor to a juvenile 
 12 detention officer or probation officer in certain 
 13 circumstances; amending s. 787.035, F.S.; specifying 
 14 that a certain reference to the department is a 
 15 reference to the Department of Juvenile Justice; 
 16 amending s. 943.10, F.S.; revising the definition of 
 17 the term “officer” to include juvenile detention and 
 18 juvenile probation officers; defining the terms 
 19 “juvenile detention officer” and “juvenile probation 
 20 officer”; amending s. 984.03, F.S.; revising the 
 21 definition of the term “family in need of services”; 
 22 amending s. 984.09, F.S.; providing that a child 
 23 subject to proceedings under ch. 984, F.S., may only 
 24 be placed in a shelter in certain circumstances; 
 25 amending s. 985.6865, F.S.; requiring the Department 
 26 of Juvenile Justice to review county juvenile 
 27 detention payments for a certain purpose; requiring 
 28 the department to direct the Department of Revenue to 
 29 deduct specified amounts owed to the Department of 
 30 Juvenile Justice upon a certain determination; 
 31 requiring the Department of Revenue to transfer such 
 32 funds into a certain trust fund; specifying 
 33 requirements relating to such reductions in amounts 
 34 distributed to counties; reenacting s. 112.1912(1)(a), 
 35 F.S., relating to first responders, and death benefits 
 36 for educational expenses, to incorporate the amendment 
 37 made to s. 112.19, F.S., in a reference thereto; 
 38 reenacting ss. 384.287(1), 493.6102(1), 741.31(4)(b), 
 39 782.07(4), and 790.233(3), F.S., relating to screening 
 40 for sexually transmissible disease, inapplicability of 
 41 ch. 493, F.S., violation of an injunction for 
 42 protection against domestic violence, manslaughter, 
 43 aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or 
 44 disabled adult, aggravated manslaughter of a child, 
 45 aggravated manslaughter of an officer, a firefighter, 
 46 an emergency medical technician, or a paramedic, and 
 47 possession of firearm or ammunition prohibited when 
 48 person is subject to an injunction against committing 
 49 acts of domestic violence, stalking, or cyberstalking, 
 50 and penalties, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 
 51 943.10, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 
 52 39.01(1) and (37)(e), 44.1011(2)(d), 44.102(2)(d), 
 53 984.04(1), 984.071(1), 984.10(1) and (2), 984.12, 
 54 984.13(3), and 985.03(23), F.S., relating to 
 55 definitions in proceedings relating to children, 
 56 definitions in dependency mediation, court-ordered 
 57 mediation, early truancy intervention, families in 
 58 need of services and children in need of services, 
 59 procedures and jurisdiction, resources and 
 60 information, intake, case staffing, services and 
 61 treatment related to a family in need of services, 
 62 taking a child into custody, and definitions relating 
 63 to juvenile justice, respectively, to incorporate the 
 64 amendment made to s. 984.03, F.S., in references 
 65 thereto; reenacting ss. 984.03(33), 984.07(1), and 
 66 984.151(12), F.S., relating to definitions relating to 
 67 children and families in need of services, right to 
 68 counsel, waiver, appointed counsel, compensation, and 
 69 early truancy intervention, truancy petition, and 
 70 judgment, respectively, to incorporate the amendment 
 71 made to s. 984.09, F.S., in references thereto; 
 72 providing an effective date. 
 73 
 74 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 75 
 76 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 14.33, Florida 
 77 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 78 14.33 Medal of Heroism.— 
 79 (1) The Governor may award a Medal of Heroism of 
 80 appropriate design, with ribbons and appurten