SB 1738 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Educational Facilities

Summary

Educational Facilities; Requiring the Office of Educational Facilities and the Office of Safe Schools to collaborate with specified entities to review the State Requirements for Educational Facilities, etc.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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S 1738 Filed → S 1738 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to remove a specific requirement for the review team to include a certified Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) practitioner, simplifying the composition of the review group. Additionally, the text was reorganized to separate the definition of misconduct into its own subsection and added a new clause ensuring the review does not conflict with existing physical plant hardening requirements for school safety.

Scope change

The scope of the review team's composition was narrowed by removing the mandatory inclusion of a CPTED-certified representative, while the scope of the review's operational constraints was expanded to explicitly prioritize established school safety hardening measures.

REQUIREMENT

The mandatory requirement for the review team to include a representative with a Florida CPTED Practitioner designation was deleted.

Subsection (b) was restructured to remove the specific reference to CPTED principles and their application, consolidating the review topics into two main points: reducing misconduct and configuring physical plant layouts.

A new subsection (2) was added to mandate that the review must not conflict with or diminish existing physical plant hardening requirements designed to prevent, detect, delay, and respond to threats.

STRUCTURE

The text was reorganized to move the definition of misconduct from subsection (a) to a standalone paragraph, and the physical plant configuration requirements were moved to a new subsection (b).

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Committee

Feb 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

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Feb 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Jan 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

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Jan 22, 2026

Introduced

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Jan 16, 2026

Committee

Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors