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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to victims of domestic violence and 2
dating violence; providing definitions; requiring the 3
Division of Telecommunications within the Department 4
of Management Services to consult with certain 5
entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a 6
specified alert system; providing requirements for 7
such alert system; requiring the division to report to 8
the Legislature the results of the feasibility study 9
by a specified date; amending s. 741.401, F.S.; 10
revising legislative findings to include victims of 11
dating violence; amending s. 741.402, F.S.; defining 12
the term "dating violence"; amending s. 741.403, F.S.; 13
authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to 14
participate in the Attorney General's address 15
confidentiality program; amending s. 741.408, F.S.; 16
requiring the Attorney General to designate certain 17
entities to assist victims of dating violence applying 18
to be address confidentiality program participan ts; 19
amending ss. 741.4651 and 960.001, F.S.; conforming 20
provisions to changes made by the act; providing an 21
effective date. 22
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 24
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Section 1. Domestic and dating violence 911 alert system 26
feasibility study.— 27
(1) As used in this section, the term: 28
(a) "Division" means the Division of Telecommunications 29
within the Department of Management Services. 30
(b) "Enhanced 911" has the same meaning as in s. 31
365.172(3), Florida Statutes. 32
(c) "Next Generation 911" has the same meaning as in s. 33
365.172(3), Florida Statutes. 34
(d) "Public safety agency" has the same meaning as in s. 35
365.172(3), Florida Statutes. 36
(e) "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" has the same 37
meaning as in s. 365.172(3), Florid a Statutes. 38
(2) The division shall consult with enhanced 911 and Next 39
Generation 911 service providers; state, county, and municipal 40
PSAPs; and state and local public safety agencies to conduct a 41
feasibility study regarding the creation of a web -based 911 42
alert system for use by victims of domestic violence and dating 43
violence which is capable of: 44
(a) Ensuring real-time data-sharing between PSAPs and law 45
enforcement agencies. 46
(b) Creating a unique telephone number for each user which 47
will connect the user to a PSAP. 48
(c) Creating a user -generated numerical code or phrase 49
that can be utilized by the user after contacting a PSAP which 50
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indicates the user's need for immediate law enforcement 51
assistance. 52
(d) Transmitting specified data to law enforcement 53
agencies when a user calls from his or her unique telephone 54
number and enters his or her numerical code or phrase. 55
(3) By January 31, 2026, the division must report to the 56
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 57
Representatives the results of the feasibility study. 58
Section 2. Section 741.401, Florida Statutes, is amended 59
to read: 60
741.401 Legislative findings; purpose. —The Legislature 61
finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or 62
threatened domestic violence or dating violence frequently 63
establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or 64
probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of ss. 65
741.401-741.409 is to enable state and local agencies to respond 66
to requests for public records without disclosing the location 67
of a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, to enable 68
interagency cooperation with the Attorney General in providing 69
address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence and 70
dating violence, and to enable state and local agencies to 71
accept a program participant's use of an address designated by 72
the Attorney General as a substitute mailing address. 73
Section 3. Section 741.402, Florida Statutes, is amended 74
to read: 75
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741.402 Definitions; ss. 741.401 -741.409.—Unless the 76
context clearly requires otherwise, as used in ss. 741.401 -77
741.409, the term: 78
(1) "Address" means a residential street address, school 79
address, or work address of an individual, as specified on the 80
individual's application to be a program participant under ss. 81
741.401-741.409. 82
(2) "Dating violence" means an assault, aggravated 83
assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual 84
battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false 85
imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical 86
injury or death, or the threat of any such act, committed by an 87
individual who has or has had a continuing and significant 88
relationship of a romantic or intimate nature as determined by 89
the factors listed in s. 784.046(1)(d) with the victim, 90
regardless of whether the se acts or threats have been reported 91
to law enforcement officers. 92
(3) "Domestic violence" means an act as defined in s. 93
741.28 and includes a threat of such acts committed against an 94
individual in a domestic situation, regardless of whether these 95
acts or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers. 96
(4)(2) "Program participant" means a person certified as a 97
program participant under s. 741.403. 98
Section 4. Paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (1) of 99
section 741.403, Florida Statutes, are a mended to read: 100
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741.403 Address confidentiality program; application; 101
certification.— 102
(1) An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf 103
of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of a person 104
adjudicated incapacitated under chapter 744 may appl y to the 105
Attorney General to have an address designated by the Attorney 106
General serve as the person's address or the address of the 107
minor or incapacitated person. To the extent possible within 108
funds appropriated for this purpose, the Attorney General shall 109
approve an application if it is filed in the manner and on the 110
form prescribed by the Attorney General and if it contains all 111
of the following: 112
(a) A sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant 113
has good reason to believe that the applicant, or t he minor or 114
incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made, is 115
a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, and that the 116
applicant fears for his or her safety or his or her children's 117
safety or the safety of the minor or incapacitated pe rson on 118
whose behalf the application is made. 119
(d) A statement that the new address or addresses that the 120
applicant requests must not be disclosed for the reason that 121
disclosure will increase the risk of domestic violence or dating 122
violence. 123
Section 5. Section 741.408, Florida Statutes, is amended 124
to read: 125
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741.408 Assistance for program applicants. —The Attorney 126
General shall designate state and local agencies and nonprofit 127
agencies that provide counseling and shelter services to victims 128
of domestic violence and dating violence to assist persons 129
applying to be program participants. Assistance and counseling 130
rendered by the Office of the Attorney General or its designees 131
to applicants does not constitute legal advice. 132
Section 6. Section 741.4651, Fl orida Statutes, is amended 133
to read: 134
741.4651 Public records exemption; victims of stalking or 135
aggravated stalking. —The names, addresses, and telephone numbers 136
of persons who are victims of stalking or aggravated stalking 137
are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 138
Constitution in the same manner that the names, addresses, and 139
telephone numbers of participants in the Address Confidentiality 140
Program for Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence which are 141
held by the Attorney General under s . 741.465 are exempt from 142
disclosure, provided that the victim files a sworn statement of 143
stalking with the Office of the Attorney General and otherwise 144
complies with the procedures in ss. 741.401 -741.409. 145
Section 7. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 146
960.001, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 147
960.001 Guidelines for fair treatment of victims and 148
witnesses in the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. — 149
(1) The Department of Legal Affairs, the state attorneys, 150
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the Department of Cor rections, the Department of Juvenile 151
Justice, the Florida Commission on Offender Review, the State 152
Courts Administrator and circuit court administrators, the 153
Department of Law Enforcement, and every sheriff's department, 154
police department, or other law enf orcement agency as defined in 155
s. 943.10(4) shall develop and implement guidelines for the use 156
of their respective agencies, which guidelines are consistent 157
with the purposes of this act and s. 16(b), Art. I of the State 158
Constitution and are designed to imp lement s. 16(b), Art. I of 159
the State Constitution and to achieve the following objectives: 160
(c) Information concerning protection available to victim 161
or witness.—A victim or witness shall be furnished, as a matter 162
of course, with information on steps that are available to law 163
enforcement officers and state attorneys to protect victims and 164
witnesses from intimidation. Victims of domestic violence and 165
dating violence shall also be given information about the 166
address confidentiality program provided under s. 741.403. 167
Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 168