HB 715 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

School and Child Care Facility Emergency Alerts

Summary
School and Child Care Facility Emergency Alerts; Requires local law enforcement agency to activate emergency alert system & issue Ya Ya Alert to public & private schools & child care facilities; requires local law enforcement agencies to create & maintain list of such schools & facilities within their jurisdictions; provides requirements for maintenance of such list; provides immunity from civil liability to certain persons for damages for complying in good faith with specified provisions; provides presumption of good faith; requires FDLE, in cooperation with specified departments, to activate emergency alert system & issue Imminent Threat Alert at request of local law enforcement agency; provides requirements for issuance of Imminent Threat Alerts; provides immunity from civil liability to certain persons for damages for complying in good faith with specified provisions; provides presumption of good faith.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 9, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2026
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Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
5
Dec 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Dec 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Dec 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
lower
Dec 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
lower
Dec 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

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