Florida Senate - 2024 SB 554 By Senator Bradley 6-00986-24 2024554__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to hot car death prevention; providing 3 a short title; creating s. 683.336, F.S.; designating 4 the month of April as Hot Car Death Prevention 5 Month; providing that certain agencies and local 6 governments are encouraged to sponsor events for a 7 specified purpose; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1.This act may be cited as Ariyas Act. 12 Section 2.Section 683.336, Florida Statutes, is created to 13 read: 14 683.336Hot Car Death Prevention Month. 15 (1)The month of April is designated as Hot Car Death 16 Prevention Month to raise awareness of the dangers of leaving 17 children unattended in motor vehicles and how to prevent hot car 18 deaths from occurring. 19 (2)The Department of Children and Families, the Department 20 of Health, local governments, and other agencies are encouraged 21 to sponsor events that promote public awareness and education on 22 the dangers of leaving children unattended in motor vehicles and 23 how to prevent hot car deaths, including, but not limited to, 24 all of the following: 25 (a)Motor vehicle safety for children. 26 (b)Criminal penalties associated with leaving a child 27 unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle. 28 (c)Steps a bystander can take to rescue a child who is 29 unattended in a motor vehicle and vulnerable or in imminent 30 danger of suffering harm, as provided in s. 768.139(2). 31 Section 3.This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.