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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to law enforcement officers and other 2
personnel; creating s. 316.2675, F.S.; prohibiting a 3
person other than a law enforcement officer from using 4
a specified device; providing exceptions; providing a 5
penalty; creating s. 321.60, F.S.; requi ring the 6
Florida Highway Patrol to retain specified funds; 7
prohibiting specified funds from being deposited into 8
the General Revenue Fund; amending s. 775.0823, F.S.; 9
requiring a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for 10
attempted murder in the first degr ee committed against 11
specified justice system personnel; amending s. 12
817.49, F.S.; providing Legislative findings 13
concerning prosecution of the false reporting of 14
crimes; creating s. 943.0413, F.S.; creating the 15
Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Progra m within 16
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement; providing 17
eligibility; specifying requirements for maps created 18
by the program; creating s. 943.1718, F.S.; 19
prohibiting a law enforcement agency from using 20
artificial intelligence for specified purposes; 21
amending s. 951.27, F.S.; specifying requirements for 22
testing inmates for infectious diseases; requiring 23
test results to be reported to specified persons; 24
requiring a first responder and other specified 25
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persons to provide notice upon his or her exposure to 26
certain substances; requiring an employing agency to 27
provide notice if a first responder or specified 28
person is unable to provide notice; requiring a 29
detention facility to test an inmate upon receipt of a 30
specified notice; providing an effective date. 31
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 33
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Section 1. Section 316.2675, Florida Statutes, is created 35
to read: 36
316.2675 Vehicle kill switches; prohibited uses. — 37
(1) A person may not use any device that can be remotely 38
activated to disable a vehicle's engine or to prevent a 39
vehicle's engine from starting unless he or she is: 40
(a) The owner of the vehicle; or 41
(b) A law enforcement officer acting in the course and 42
scope of his or her duties to prevent the commission of a 43
felony. 44
(2) A person who violates this section commits a 45
misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 46
775.082 or s. 775.083. 47
Section 2. Section 321.60, Florida Statutes, is created to 48
read: 49
321.60 Repayment of mileage for off -duty uses of official 50
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vehicles.—The Florida Highway Patrol shall retain funds received 51
from patrol officers for the repayment of mileage for off -duty 52
uses of official vehicles. Such funds may not be deposited in 53
the General Revenue Fund. 54
Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 775.0823, Florida 55
Statutes, is amended to read: 56
775.0823 Violent offenses committed against specified 57
justice system personnel. —The Legislature does hereby provide 58
for an increase and certainty of penalty for any person 59
convicted of a violent off ense against any law enforcement or 60
correctional officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), 61
(7), (8), or (9); against any state attorney elected pursuant to 62
s. 27.01 or assistant state attorney appointed under s. 27.181; 63
against any public defende r elected pursuant to s. 27.50 or 64
regional counsel appointed pursuant to s. 27.511(3); against any 65
court-appointed counsel appointed under s. 27.40 or defense 66
attorney in a criminal proceeding; or against any justice or 67
judge of a court described in Art. V of the State Constitution, 68
which offense arises out of or in the scope of the officer's 69
duty as a law enforcement or correctional officer, the state 70
attorney's or assistant state attorney's duty as a prosecutor or 71
investigator, the public defender or regi onal counsel acting in 72
his or her capacity as defense counsel, the court -appointed 73
counsel or defense attorney in a criminal proceeding acting in 74
his or her capacity as defense counsel, or the justice's or 75
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judge's duty as a judicial officer, as follows: 76
(2) For attempted murder in the first degree as described 77
in s. 782.04(1), a sentence pursuant to s. 775.082, s. 775.083, 78
or s. 775.084. A person convicted under this subsection must be 79
sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 25 80
years. 81
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Notwithstanding s. 948.01, with respect to any person who is 83
found to have violated this section, adjudication of guilt or 84
imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, deferred, or 85
withheld. 86
Section 4. Subsection (4) is added to section 817.49, to 87
read: 88
817.49 False reports of commission of crimes; penalty. — 89
(4) The Legislature finds that the false reporting of 90
crimes is a threat to public safety and a threat to the safety 91
of law enforcement officers and other first responders. As such, 92
the Legislature encourages each state attorney to adopt a pro -93
prosecution policy for the false reporting of crimes as 94
prohibited in this section. 95
Section 5. Section 943.0413, Florida Statutes, is created 96
to read: 97
943.0413 Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program.— 98
(1)(a) Subject to Legislative appropriation, the Critical 99
Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program is created within the 100
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department to support the ongoing assessment of this state's 101
vulnerability to, and ability to detect, prevent, prepare for, 102
respond to, and recover from, acts of terrorism within or 103
affecting this state. 104
(b) The state, or any law enforcement agency, county, 105
municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, or 106
any agent thereof, which has constitutional or statutory 107
authority to employ or appoint law enforcement officers is 108
eligible to receive funding from the grant program to map 109
critical infrastructure locations that meet the requirements of 110
this section. 111
(2) Grant funds may be used to map critical infrastructure 112
as defined in s. 812.141, public gathering places, places of 113
worship, and any other location for which a map would be deemed 114
of high value for facilitating an emergency response. 115
(3) Each map of such locations must be created in an 116
electronic or digital for mat and must be provided to all local, 117
state, and federal responding agencies that request such maps 118
for use in responding to emergencies. Each map must satisfy all 119
of the following requirements: 120
(a) Be compatible with and integrate into the department's 121
statewide database and be compatible with software platforms 122
used by local, state, and federal public safety agencies that 123
provide emergency services to the specific location for which 124
the data is provided without requiring such agencies to purchase 125
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additional software or requiring a fee to view or access the 126
data. 127
(b) Be in a printable format and, if requested, be in a 128
digital file format that can be integrated into interactive 129
mobile platforms currently in use. 130
(c) Be verified for accuracy, which mus t include a walk-131
through of a building or grounds. 132
(d) Be oriented to true north. 133
(e) Be overlaid on current aerial imagery. 134
(f) Contain site-specific labeling that matches the 135
structure of the building, including, but not limited to, room 136
labels, hallway names, and external door or stairwell numbers 137
and locations of hazards, critical utility locations, key boxes, 138
automated external defibrillators, and trauma kits. 139
(g) Contain site-specific labeling that matches the 140
grounds, including, but not limit ed to, parking areas, 141
surrounding roads, and neighboring properties. 142
(h) Be overlaid with gridded x and y coordinates. 143
(4) The department may adopt rules to administer this 144
section. 145
Section 6. Subsection (5) is added to section 943.1718, 146
Florida Statutes, to read: 147
943.1718 Body cameras; policies and procedures. — 148
(5) A law enforcement agency may not use artificial 149
intelligence to review or monitor audio or video data recorded 150
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by a body camera for purposes of initiating an investigation 151
into a law enforcement officer's conduct or taking any 152
disciplinary action against a law enforcement officer. 153
Section 7. Section 951.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to 154
read: 155
951.27 Blood tests of inmates. — 156
(1) Each county and each municipal detention facil ity must 157
develop shall have a written procedure regarding the blood 158
testing of inmates developed, in consultation with the facility 159
medical provider., establishing The written procedure must: 160
(a) Include conditions under which an inmate will be 161
tested for infectious disease, including human immunodeficiency 162
virus pursuant to s. 775.0877, which procedure is consistent 163
with guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and 164
Prevention and recommendations of the Correctional Medical 165
Authority. 166
(b) Specify the conditions which require the detention 167
facility to test an inmate for infectious diseases immediately 168
following his or her booking into a detention facility, 169
including upon receipt of a notice of exposu re under subsection 170
(4). 171
(c) Require the test results to be provided to: 172
1. The sheriff or chief correctional officer of the 173
detention facility. 174
2. Employees or officers of the sheriff or chief 175
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correctional officer who are responsible for the care and 176
custody of the affected inmate. 177
3. Any employees or officers of the sheriff or chief 178
correctional officer, or any first responders, as defined in s. 179
112.1815, who provided a notice of exposure to the detention 180
facility as required under subsection (4 ) It is not unlawful for 181
the person receiving the test results to divulge the test 182
results to the sheriff or chief correctional officer . 183
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, 184
serologic blood test results obtained pursuant to subsection (1) 185
are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. 186
I of the State Constitution. However, it is not unlawful for the 187
person receiving the test results to divulge the test results to 188
the sheriff or chief correctional officer. Such test results 189
must also may be provided to employees or officers of the 190
sheriff or chief correctional officer who are responsible for 191
the custody and care of the affected inmate and have a need to 192
know such information, any person who provided a notice of 193
exposure under subsection (4), and as provided in ss. 775.0877 194
and 960.003. In addition, upon request of the victim or the 195
victim's legal guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the 196
victim if the victim is a minor, the results of any HIV test 197
performed on an inmat e arrested for any sexual offense involving 198
oral, anal, or female genital penetration by, or union with, the 199
sexual organ of another, must be disclosed to the victim or the 200
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victim's legal guardian, or to the parent or legal guardian of 201
the victim if the vi ctim is a minor. In such cases, the county 202
or municipal detention facility shall furnish the test results 203
to the Department of Health, which is responsible for disclosing 204
the results to public health agencies as provided in s. 775.0877 205
and to the victim or the victim's legal guardian, or the parent 206
or legal guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor, as 207
provided in s. 960.003(3). As used in this subsection, the term 208
"female genitals" includes the labia minora, labia majora, 209
clitoris, vulva, hymen, and vagina. 210
(3) The results of any serologic blood test on an inmate 211
are a part of that inmate's permanent medical file. Upon 212
transfer of the inmate to any other correctional facility, such 213
file is also transferred, and all relevant authorized persons 214
must be notified of positive HIV test results, as required in s. 215
775.0877. 216
(4)(a) Any first responder, as defined in s. 112.1815, or 217
any employee or officer of the sheriff or chief correctional 218
officer, who, in the performance of his or her official duties, 219
is exposed to a bodily fluid or a potential bloodborne pathogen 220
by a person who has been arrested and subsequently booked into a 221
county or municipal detention facility must provide notice of 222
such exposure to the detention facility as soon as possible 223
after the person is booked, but no later than 24 hours after 224
such exposure. If the first responder, employee, or officer is 225
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incapacitated and cannot provide the notice of exposure, his or 226
her employing agency must provide such notice. 227
(b) Upon receipt of a not ice of exposure under paragraph 228
(a), the detention facility must immediately test the inmate who 229
was the cause of the exposure unless such a test has already 230
been performed. The test must be conducted in accordance with 231
the detention facility's written pro cedures under subsection 232
(1). 233
Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 234