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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; amending s. 775.0823, F.S.; req uiring a 6
mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for attempted 7
murder in the first degree committed against specified 8
justice system personnel; amending s. 817.49, F.S.; 9
providing Legislative findings concerning prosecution 10
of the false reporting of crimes; creating s. 11
943.0413, F.S.; creating the Critical Infrastructure 12
Mapping Grant Program within the Florida Department of 13
Law Enforcement; providing eligibility; specifying 14
requirements for maps created by the program; creating 15
s. 943.1718, F.S.; prohibitin g a law enforcement 16
agency from using artificial intelligence for 17
specified purposes; amending s. 951.27, F.S.; 18
specifying requirements for testing inmates for 19
infectious diseases; requiring test results to be 20
reported to specified persons; requiring a fir st 21
responder and other specified persons to provide 22
notice upon his or her exposure to certain substances; 23
requiring an employing agency to provide notice if a 24
first responder or specified person is unable to 25
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provide notice; requiring a detention facility to test 26
an inmate upon receipt of a specified notice; 27
providing an effective date. 28
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 30
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Section 1. Section 316.2675, Florida Statutes, is created 32
to read: 33
316.2675 Vehicle kill switches; proh ibited uses.— 34
(1) A person may not use any device that can be remotely 35
activated to disable a vehicle's engine or to prevent a 36
vehicle's engine from starting unless he or she is: 37
(a) The owner of the vehicle; or 38
(b) A law enforcement officer acting i n the course and 39
scope of his or her duties to prevent the commission of a 40
felony. 41
(2) A person who violates this section commits a 42
misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 43
775.082 or s. 775.083. 44
Section 2. Subsection (2) of sec tion 775.0823, Florida 45
Statutes, is amended to read: 46
775.0823 Violent offenses committed against specified 47
justice system personnel. —The Legislature does hereby provide 48
for an increase and certainty of penalty for any person 49
convicted of a violent offens e against any law enforcement or 50
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correctional officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), 51
(7), (8), or (9); against any state attorney elected pursuant to 52
s. 27.01 or assistant state attorney appointed under s. 27.181; 53
against any public defender e lected pursuant to s. 27.50 or 54
regional counsel appointed pursuant to s. 27.511(3); against any 55
court-appointed counsel appointed under s. 27.40 or defense 56
attorney in a criminal proceeding; or against any justice or 57
judge of a court described in Art. V of the State Constitution, 58
which offense arises out of or in the scope of the officer's 59
duty as a law enforcement or correctional officer, the state 60
attorney's or assistant state attorney's duty as a prosecutor or 61
investigator, the public defender or regiona l counsel acting in 62
his or her capacity as defense counsel, the court -appointed 63
counsel or defense attorney in a criminal proceeding acting in 64
his or her capacity as defense counsel, or the justice's or 65
judge's duty as a judicial officer, as follows: 66
(2) For attempted murder in the first degree as described 67
in s. 782.04(1), a sentence pursuant to s. 775.082, s. 775.083, 68
or s. 775.084. A person convicted under this subsection must be 69
sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 25 70
years. 71
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Notwithstanding s. 948.01, with respect to any person who is 73
found to have violated this section, adjudication of guilt or 74
imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, deferred, or 75
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withheld. 76
Section 3. Subsection (4) is added to section 817.49, to 77
read: 78
817.49 False reports of commission of crimes; penalty. — 79
(4) The Legislature finds that the false reporting of 80
crimes is a threat to public safety and a threat to the safety 81
of law enforcement officers and other first responders. As such, 82
the Legislature encourages each state attorney to adopt a pro -83
prosecution policy for the false reporting of crimes as 84
prohibited in this section. 85
Section 4. Section 943.0413, Florida Statutes, is created 86
to read: 87
943.0413 Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Progr am.— 88
(1)(a) Subject to Legislative appropriation, the Critical 89
Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program is created within the 90
department to support the ongoing assessment of this state's 91
vulnerability to, and ability to detect, prevent, prepare for, 92
respond to, and recover from, acts of terrorism within or 93
affecting this state. 94
(b) The state, or any law enforcement agency, county, 95
municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, or 96
any agent thereof, which has constitutional or statutory 97
authority to employ or appoint law enforcement officers is 98
eligible to receive funding from the grant program to map 99
critical infrastructure locations that meet the requirements of 100
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this section. 101
(2) Grant funds may be used to map critical infrastructure 102
as defined in s. 812.141, public gathering places, places of 103
worship, and any other location for which a map would be deemed 104
of high value for facilitating an emergency response. 105
(3) Each map of such locations must be created in an 106
electronic or digital format a nd must be provided to all local, 107
state, and federal responding agencies that request such maps 108
for use in responding to emergencies. Each map must satisfy all 109
of the following requirements: 110
(a) Be compatible with and integrate into the department's 111
statewide database and be compatible with software platforms 112
used by local, state, and federal public safety agencies that 113
provide emergency services to the specific location for which 114
the data is provided without requiring such agencies to purchase 115
additional software or requiring a fee to view or access the 116
data. 117
(b) Be in a printable format and, if requested, be in a 118
digital file format that can be integrated into interactive 119
mobile platforms currently in use. 120
(c) Be verified for accuracy, which must inc lude a walk-121
through of a building or grounds. 122
(d) Be oriented to true north. 123
(e) Be overlaid on current aerial imagery. 124
(f) Contain site-specific labeling that matches the 125
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structure of the building, including, but not limited to, room 126
labels, hallway names, and external door or stairwell numbers 127
and locations of hazards, critical utility locations, key boxes, 128
automated external defibrillators, and trauma kits. 129
(g) Contain site-specific labeling that matches the 130
grounds, including, but not limited to , parking areas, 131
surrounding roads, and neighboring properties. 132
(h) Be overlaid with gridded x and y coordinates. 133
(4) The department may adopt rules to administer this 134
section. 135
Section 5. Subsection (5) is added to section 943.1718, 136
Florida Statutes, to read: 137
943.1718 Body cameras; policies and procedures. — 138
(5) A law enforcement agency may not use artificial 139
intelligence to review or monitor audio or video data recorded 140
by a body camera for purposes of initiating an investigation 141
into a law enforcement officer's conduct or taking any 142
disciplinary action against a law enforcement officer. 143
Section 6. Section 951.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to 144
read: 145
951.27 Blood tests of inmates. — 146
(1) Each county and each municipal detention facility must 147
develop shall have a written procedure regarding the blood 148
testing of inmates developed, in consultation with the facility 149
medical provider., establishing The written procedure must: 150
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(a) Include conditions under which an inmate will be 151
tested for infectious disease, including human immunodeficiency 152
virus pursuant to s. 775.0877, which procedure is consistent 153
with guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and 154
Prevention and recommendations of the Correctional Medical 155
Authority. 156
(b) Specify the conditions which require the detention 157
facility to test an inmate for infectious diseases immediately 158
following his or her booking into a detention facility, 159
including upon receipt of a notice of exposu re under subsection 160
(4). 161
(c) Require the test results to be provided to: 162
1. The sheriff or chief correctional officer of the 163
detention facility. 164
2. Employees or officers of the sheriff or chief 165
correctional officer who are responsible for the care a nd 166
custody of the affected inmate. 167
3. Any employees or officers of the sheriff or chief 168
correctional officer, or any first responders, as defined in s. 169
112.1815, who provided a notice of exposure to the detention 170
facility as required under subsection (4) It is not unlawful for 171
the person receiving the test results to divulge the test 172
results to the sheriff or chief correctional officer . 173
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, 174
serologic blood test results obtained pursuant to subsection (1) 175
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are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. 176
I of the State Constitution. However, it is not unlawful for the 177
person receiving the test results to divulge the test results to 178
the sheriff or chief correctional officer. Such test results 179
must also may be provided to employees or officers of the 180
sheriff or chief correctional officer who are responsible for 181
the custody and care of the affected inmate and have a need to 182
know such information, any person who provided a notice of 183
exposure under subsection (4), and as provided in ss. 775.0877 184
and 960.003. In addition, upon request of the victim or the 185
victim's legal guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the 186
victim if the victim is a minor, the results of any HIV test 187
performed on an inmate arrested for any sexual offense involving 188
oral, anal, or female genital penetration by, or union with, the 189
sexual organ of another, must be disclosed to the victim or the 190
victim's legal guardian, or to the parent or legal guardian of 191
the victim if the vic tim is a minor. In such cases, the county 192
or municipal detention facility shall furnish the test results 193
to the Department of Health, which is responsible for disclosing 194
the results to public health agencies as provided in s. 775.0877 195
and to the victim or the victim's legal guardian, or the parent 196
or legal guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor, as 197
provided in s. 960.003(3). As used in this subsection, the term 198
"female genitals" includes the labia minora, labia majora, 199
clitoris, vulva, hymen, and v agina. 200
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(3) The results of any serologic blood test on an inmate 201
are a part of that inmate's permanent medical file. Upon 202
transfer of the inmate to any other correctional facility, such 203
file is also transferred, and all relevant authorized persons 204
must be notified of positive HIV test results, as required in s. 205
775.0877. 206
(4)(a) Any first responder, as defined in s. 112.1815, or 207
any employee or officer of the sheriff or chief correctional 208
officer, who, in the performance of his or her official duties, 209
is exposed to a bodily fluid or a potential bloodborne pathogen 210
by a person who has been arrested and subsequently booked into a 211
county or municipal detention facility must provide notice of 212
such exposure to the detention facility as soon as possible 213
after the person is booked, but no later than 24 hours after 214
such exposure. If the first responder, employee, or officer is 215
incapacitated and cannot provide the notice of exposure, his or 216
her employing agency must provide such notice. 217
(b) Upon receipt of a noti ce of exposure under paragraph 218
(a), the detention facility must immediately test the inmate who 219
was the cause of the exposure unless such a test has already 220
been performed. The test must be conducted in accordance with 221
the detention facility's written proc edures under subsection 222
(1). 223
Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 224